Tag Archives: National Centre for Biological Sciences
NCBS fracas: In defence of celebrating retractions
Continuing from here… Irrespective of Arati Ramesh’s words and actions, I find every retraction worth celebrating because how hard-won retractions in general have been, in India and abroad. I don’t know how often papers coauthored by Indian scientists are retracted … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Science
Tagged Arati Ramesh, Brahmins, casteism, Elisabeth Bik, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Retraction Watch, retractions, self-correcting, Sunil Laxman, zombie citations
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NCBS retraction – addenda
My take on the NCBS paper being retracted, and the polarised conversation that has erupted around the incident, is here. The following are some points I’d like to add. a. Why didn’t the editorial and peer-review teams at Nature Chemical … Continue reading
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Tagged Arati Ramesh, Elisabeth Bik, image manipulation, journal paywall, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Nature Chemical Biology, research misconduct, riboswitches
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Diversifying into other beats
I delivered my annual talk AMA at the NCBS science writing workshop yesterday. While the questions the students asked were mostly the same as last year (and the year before that), I also took the opportunity to request them to consider … Continue reading
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Tagged chemical engineering, computer science, National Centre for Biological Sciences, NCBS Science Writing Workshop, physical sciences, quantum biology, science communication, science journalism, The Wire, theoretical particle physics
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Talking scicomm at NCBS – II
I was invited to speak to the students of the annual science writing workshop conducted at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, for the second year (first year talk’s notes here). Some interesting things we discussed: 1. Business of journalism: … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict of interest, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Nautilus, Quanta magazine, science journalism, science writing, storytelling, The Wire
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Talking about science, NCBS
On June 24, I was invited to talk at the NCBS Science Writing Workshop, held every year for 10 days. Continue reading
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Tagged Anil Ananthaswamy, journalism, National Centre for Biological Sciences, science writing
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