Tag Archives: Indian Express
A difficulty celebrating Chandrayaan 3
I’m grateful to Avijit Pathak for his article in Indian Express on August 29. After the Chandrayaan 3 mission achieved its primary objective, to soft-land a robotic lander on the moon’s south polar region, there was widespread jubilation, but I … Continue reading
Posted in Life notes, Op-eds
Tagged Avijit Pathak, Chandrayaan 3, Indian Express, Indian Space Research Organisation, nationalism, Patriotism
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Land on the moon, feet on the earth
Yesterday was fantastic. India made a few kinds of history, when one is great enough, by autonomously landing a robotic instrument in the moon’s south polar region. Some seven hours later, it deployed a rover, bringing the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s toughest … Continue reading
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Tagged Chandrayaan 3, Indian Express, Indian Space Research Organisation, Memes, misinformation
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With Gyanvapi article, Abhinav Prakash Singh does logic wapsi
The national vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Abhinav Prakash Singh, published an article on May 22 on the Gyanvapi mosque issue that is from start to finish an exercise in verbal sophistry. But while we have come to … Continue reading
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Tagged Abhinav Prakash Singh, Gyanvapi mosque, Indian Express, logical fallacy
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Press releases and public duty
From ‘Science vs Marketing’, published on In The Dark, on May 20, 2022: … there is an increasing tendency for university press offices to see themselves entirely as marketing agencies instead of informing and/or educating the public. Press releases about scientific research … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Indian Express, Pallab Ghosh, Peter Coles, science journalism, university press releases
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Super-spreads exist, but do super-spreaders?
What does the term ‘super-spreader’ mean? According to an article in the MIT Tech Review on June 15, “The word is a generic term for an unusually contagious individual who’s been infected with disease. In the context of the coronavirus, scientists haven’t … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Scicomm
Tagged COVID-19, hand washing, Indian Express, masks, novel coronavirus, novel coronavirus pandemic, personal hygiene, population density, super-spreader, World Health Organisation
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Retrospective: The Wire Science in 2019
At the start of 2019, The Wire Science decided to focus more on issues of science and society, and this is reflected in the year-end list of our best stories (in terms of traffic and engagement; listed below). Most of our … Continue reading
Posted in Op-eds, Scicomm, Science
Tagged democracy, Dinamalar, history of science, independent journalism, Indian Express, Mongabay, nationalism, Philosophy of Science, R&D, science communication, science journalism, social science, sociology of science, The Hindu, The Print, The Wire
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