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Month: August 2020

Why scientists should read more

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The amount of communicative effort to describe the fact of a ball being thrown is vanishingly low. It’s […]

August 29, 2020 Scicomm

Ayurveda is not a science – but what does that mean?

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This post has benefited immensely with inputs from Om Prasad. Calling something ‘not a science’ has become a […]

August 16, 2020 Analysis, Science

India’s missing research papers

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If you’re looking for a quantification (although you shouldn’t) of the extent to which science is being conducted […]

August 9, 2020 Science

The matter of a journal’s reputation

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Apparently (and surprisingly) The Telegraph didn’t allow Dinesh Thakur to respond to an article by Biocon employee Sundar Ramanan, in which […]

August 8, 2020 Analysis, Science

An Upanishadic lesson for modern science?

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Do the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads lack the “baggage of biography” – to borrow Amit Chaudhuri’s words […]

August 1, 2020 Analysis, Culture, Science
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