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Tag: Nobel Prizes

Hail the Royal Society

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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

The paradoxical virtues of primacy in science

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Primacy is a false virtue imposed by the structures of modern science – yet it is also necessary to right some wrongs.

March 28, 2022 Analysis, Science

Marie Curie: An icon or ‘in the way’?

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Who would have been the most iconic woman physicist of all time if the Nobel Prizes didn’t exist?

February 16, 2022 Analysis, Culture, Science

Charles Lieber case: A high-energy probe of science

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There’s a phenomenon in high-energy particle physics that I’ve found instructive as a metaphor to explain some things […]

December 22, 2021 Analysis, Science

Some thoughts on Robert Downey, Jr.’s science funding idea

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On December 12, Iron Man, a.k.a. Robert Downey, Jr., and David Lang coauthored an op-ed in Fast Company […]

December 17, 2021 Analysis, Science

The great Nobel Prize hypocrisy

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Katie Langin’s report for Science on October 12 is an eye-opening account of one reason why the committees […]

October 13, 2021 Analysis, Science

Are major science prizes a form of philanthropy?

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The Association for the Advancement of AI conferred its ‘Squirrel AI Award’ on Cynthia Rudin, and Duke University […]

October 12, 2021 Analysis, Science

The Nobel Prize, its men and climate change

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The sciences part of this year’s Nobel Prize announcements have concluded. These are the new laureates: Physics – […]

October 6, 2021 Analysis, Science

Science prizes, wealth location and social signals

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One count on which I almost always find myself to be an outlier in India is my opinion […]

December 3, 2020 Analysis, Op-eds, Science

Caste, and science’s notability threshold

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A webinar by The Life of Science on the construct of the ‘scientific genius’ just concluded, with Gita […]

July 10, 2020 Scicomm, Science

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