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Category: Analysis

What the bitcoin price drop reveals about ‘crypto’

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One of the definitive downsides of cryptocurrencies raised its head this week when the nosediving price of bitcoin […]

June 19, 2022 Analysis

How do you measure peacefulness?

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The study was conceived by Australian technology entrepreneur Steve Killelea [in 2007], and is endorsed by individuals such […]

June 18, 2022 Analysis

Tech solutions to household labour are also problems

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Access to leisure is crucial in the climate crisis era, and technological solutions bereft of social change won’t help.

June 13, 2022 Analysis, Tech

What arguments against the ‘next LHC’ say about funding Big Physics

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A few days ago, a physicist (and PhD holder) named Thomas Hartsfield published a strange article in Big Think about why […]

June 10, 2022 Analysis, Science

A tale of two myopias, climate change and the present participle

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The Assam floods are going on. One day, they will stop. The water will subside in many parts of […]

May 26, 2022 Analysis, Scicomm

Some comments on India’s heat

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Responses to a few questions from BBC World reporters about the temperature crisis in India’s centre and north.

May 6, 2022 Analysis, Scicomm

The problem with giving “Mother Nature” rights and duties

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Recently, the Madras high court passed a curiously worded order in which Justice S. Srimathy extended the Uttarakhand […]

May 2, 2022 Analysis, Science

India – where repairing a bad road could make life worse

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There is a long road that runs from Mantri Mall to Sankey Road, in Malleshwaram, Bengaluru, called Sampige […]

May 1, 2022 Analysis, Science

NFTs aren’t thriving – they’re often in the hospital

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This is not a real anniversary but it’s worth commemorating, if only to remember the pseudo-events propping up […]

April 11, 2022 Analysis, Tech

On the NBDSA opinion against Zee News

On April 5, JNU PhD student Shehla Rashid tweeted that the National Broadcasting and Digital Standards Agency (NBDSA) […]

April 7, 2022 Analysis

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