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The WHA coronavirus resolution is not great for science
On May 19, member states of the WHO moved a vote in the World Health Assembly (WHA), asking for an independent investigation into the sources of the novel coronavirus. Their exact demands were spelled out in a draft resolution that … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus lab origin hypothesis, COVID-19, Donald Trump, evolutionary biology, furin, Harsh Vardhan, Nitin Gadkari, novel coronavirus, principle of correspondence, SARS-CoV-2, sufficient cause, sufficient condition, WHO, World Health Assembly, World Health Organization, zoonotic spillover
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Jayant Narlikar’s pseudo-defence of Darwin
Jayant Narlikar, the noted astrophysicist and emeritus professor at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, recently wrote an op-ed in The Hindu titled ‘Science should have the last word’. There’s probably a tinge of sanctimoniousness there, echoing the … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Darwin, cosmology, fluid dynamics, Jayant Narlikar, Navier–Stokes equations, Niels Bohr, original of life, principle of correspondence, quantum coherence, quantum gravity, Quantum mechanics, theory of evolution
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Bohr and the breakaway from classical mechanics
One hundred years ago, Niels Bohr developed the Bohr model of the atom, where electrons go around a nucleus at the center like planets in the Solar System. The model and its implications brought a lot of clarity to the … Continue reading
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Tagged classical mechanics, epistemology, Erwin Schrodinger, Niels Bohr, principle of correspondence, Quantum mechanics, wave-particle duality
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Bohr and the breakaway from classical mechanics
One hundred years ago, Niels Bohr developed the Bohr model of the atom, where electrons go around a nucleus at the centre like planets in the Solar System. The model and its implications brought a lot of clarity to the … Continue reading
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Tagged classical mechanics, epistemology, Erwin Schrodinger, Niels Bohr, principle of correspondence, Quantum mechanics, wave-particle duality
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