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Anonymity in journalism and a conflict of ethics

man wears black suit with red necktie
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I wrote the following essay at the invitation of a journal in December 2020. (This was the first […]

April 12, 2022 Scicomm

Will this blog be online a hundred years from today?

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For almost two weeks now, we at The Wire have been dealing with a complaint that someone from […]

October 17, 2021 Analysis, Tech

Broken clocks during the pandemic

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Proponents of conspiracy theories during the pandemic, at least in India, appear to be like broken clocks: they […]

June 2, 2021 Scicomm, Science

The Wire Science is hiring

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Location: Bengaluru or New Delhi The Wire Science is looking for a sub-editor to conceptualise, edit and produce […]

January 12, 2021 Scicomm

A Q&A about my job and science journalism

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A couple weeks ago, some students from a university in South India got in touch to ask a […]

November 27, 2020 Scicomm

Ads on The Wire Science

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Sometime this week, but quite likely tomorrow, advertisements will begin appearing on The Wire Science. The Wire‘s, and […]

September 1, 2020 Uncategorized

Eight years

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On June 1 last year, I wrote: Today, I complete seven years of trying to piece together a […]

June 1, 2020 Life notes

For coronavirus claims, there is a world between true and false

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In high school, you must have learnt about Boolean algebra, possibly the most fascinating kind of algebra for […]

March 26, 2020 Analysis, Science

Another controversy, another round of blaming preprints

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On February 1, Anand Ranganathan, the molecular biologist more popular as a columnist for Swarajya, amplified a new […]

February 1, 2020 Analysis, Scicomm, Science
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