Monthly Archives: April 2022
At last, physicists report finding the ‘fourth sign’ of superconductivity
Using an advanced investigative technique, researchers at Stanford University have found that cuprate superconductors – which become superconducting at higher temperatures than their better-known conventional counterparts – transition into this exotic state in a different way. The discovery provides new insights into … Continue reading
Posted in Scicomm
Tagged ARPES, BCS theory, Bi-2212, BSCCO, conventional superconductor, cuprate superconductor, high-temperature superconductor, Meissner effect, photoemission spectroscopy, specific heat coefficient, Stanford University
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Anonymity in journalism and a conflict of ethics
I wrote the following essay at the invitation of a journal in December 2020. (This was the first draft. There were additional drafts that incorporated feedback from a few editors.) It couldn’t be published because I had to back out … Continue reading
Posted in Scicomm
Tagged ABVP, anonymity, Bharatiya Janata Party, CCS Rules 1964, Hindutva, Jawaharlal Nehru University, pseudonymity, Rolling Stone, science journalism, The Wire Science
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On the NBDSA opinion against Zee News
On April 5, JNU PhD student Shehla Rashid tweeted that the National Broadcasting and Digital Standards Agency (NBDSA) had ordered Zee News to remove links to a show it had broadcast in November 2020, alleging that Rashid was indulging in “anti-national … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis
Tagged democracy, journalism, NBDSA, objectivity, Shehla Rashid, Sudhir Chaudhary, Zee News
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Awaiting more info on WP.com’s new pricing
After my last blog post on WordPress.com’s bizarre paid-plans rejig, which stayed on top of Hacker News for a few hours and eventually caught the attention of the CEOs of WordPress.com and Automattic, the former, Dave Martin, said the company was listening to bloggers’ feedback and would incorporate … Continue reading
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What are you doing, WordPress.com?
Be sure to check out the update at the bottom. I recently wrote that I’ve stuck with WordPress.com for so long, for all its purported limitations, because its features fully suffice the committed blogger whose content is textual for the most part … Continue reading
Posted in Life notes
Tagged Automattic, blogging, full-site editing, Gutenberg, Matt Mullenweg, Pro plan, WordPress
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