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women in STEM

Bhatnagar Award

On India's new 'Vigyan Puraskar' awards

The Government of India has replaced the 300 or so awards for
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Donna Strickland

The Nobel intent

You’ve probably tired of this but I can’t. The Nobel
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echo chamber

Social media and science communication

The following article was originally intended for an Indian publication but I
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bias

Two sides of the road and the gutter next to it

I have a mid-October deadline for an essay so obviously when I
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affirmative action

Limitations of the Finkbeiner test

This post was republished on The Wire on January 8, 2018. The
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Abel Prize

Why do we cover the Nobel Prize announcements?

The Nobel Prizes are too big to fail. Even if they’ve
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Bora Zivkovic

Some thoughts on the Mack/Dorigo Twitter exchange, and Zivkovic, Feyerabend, etc.

This exchange made me squirm: Every once in a while I feel
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