The missile test before the polls
On March 27, 2019, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted
Farce and friction over an Indian astronaut
When we met Mr [Morarji] Desai, he was totally relaxed even after
To the moon – or the stock market?
Now this is quite upsetting. I learn from Jatan Mehta’s Moon
When metastable systems fail to become stable…
‘Metastable systems’ is a technical term for something you’ve definitely experienced
Government by Supreme Court
On February 27, a bench of the Supreme Court upbraided Patanjali Ayurved
Why not increase ISRO's budget?
This post is in response to a question on Reddit about why
A Q&A about philosophy in journalism
Earlier this year, Varun Bhatta, assistant professor of philosophy at the Indian
Lookout duty
When a user asked, “Is modi a fascist”, Gemini AI responded that
JPL layoff isn't the fall of a civilisation
A historian of science I follow on Twitter recently retweeted this striking
Poonam Pandey and peer-review
One dubious but vigorous narrative that has emerged around Poonam Pandey’s
Schrödinger's temple
On January 22, in a ceremony led by Prime Minister and now
Violence shuts science? Err…
Dog bites man isn’t news. Man bites dog is news.
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