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Tag: Colonialism

Hail the Royal Society

A white building of Victorian architecture is visible against grey clouds.
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The Royal Society’s appointment of its first Brazilian member since 1871 brings an underappreciated form of our colonial hangover to the fore.

May 14, 2022 Culture, Science

Is ground-based astronomy a space activity?

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An article published on the European Southern Observatory blog on September 10 describes an effort to protect the […]

September 13, 2021 Analysis, Science

They’re trying to build a telescope

If a telescope like the TMT and a big physics experiment like the INO are being stalled for […]

August 19, 2021 Science

Google Docs: A New Hope

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I suspect the Google Docs grammar bot is the least useful bot there is. After hundreds of suggestions, […]

January 14, 2020 Analysis

Scientism is not ‘nonsense’

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The @realscientists rocur account on Twitter took a surprising turn earlier today when its current curator, Teresa Ambrosio, […]

October 24, 2019 Science
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