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The March for Science, ed. 2018
K. VijayRaghavan, India’s new principal scientific advisor to the Government of India, has brought a lot of hope with him into the role as a result of his illustrious career as a biologist and former secretaryship with the Department of … Continue reading
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Tagged Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of Science and Technology, Economic Survey, gross expenditure on research and development, K VijayRaghavan, March for Science, pseudoscience, Sundar Sarukkai, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
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Friends no more
Growing up, watching Friends was a source of much amusement and happiness. Now, as a grownup, I can’t watch a single episode without deeply resenting how the show caricatures all science as avoidable and all scientists as boring. The way … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-intellectualism, astrology, Bapstein-King comet, consumerism, Facebook, Friends, March for Science, Ross Geller, science communication, science journalism, TV show, Twitter
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