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attribution

The paradoxical virtues of primacy in science

The question of “Who found it first?” in science is deceptively straightforward.
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Adivasi

The forgotten first lives of India's fauna

#Frogs of this genus are known to inhabit forested as well as
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active voice

The passive is political

If Saruman is the stupid shit people say, I have often found
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COVID-19

The costs of correction

I was slightly disappointed to read a report in the New York
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Ars Technica

Poor journalism is making it harder for preprints

There have been quite a few statements by various scientists on Twitter
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British Medical Journal

The chrysalis that isn't there

I wrote the following post while listening to this track. Perhaps you
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anti-GM activism

GM: confronting contradictions

There was a rash of articles published online recently – such as this
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Appa Rao Podile

Podile, plagiarism, politics

On 17 January, Vemula hung himself, saying in his suicide note, “my
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Alan Turing

Two of Alan Turing’s WW-II papers are now in the public domain

The Wire May 21, 2015 A scientific paper written by Alan Turing,
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