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pseudoscience

The "coherent water" scam is back
coherent water

The "coherent water" scam is back

On May 7, I received a press release touting a product called
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Atoms for Peace

India's science leadership

On October 17, the National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT)
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C.V. Raman

NSD II

That the Modi government has been able to coopt National Science Day
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book review

On science, religion, Brahmins and a book

I’m partway through Renny Thomas’s new book, Science and Religion
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arrow paradox

The problem with rooting for science

The idea that trusting in science involves a lot of faith, instead
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capitalism

Pseudoscientific materials and thermoeconomics

The Shycocan Corp. took out a full-page jacket ad in the Times
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engineers

'Science people'

Two of the most annoying kinds of ‘science people’ I’ve come
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astrology

Poverty, psychology and pseudoscience

From the abstract of ‘Why Do People Stay Poor? Evidence on Poverty
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arts

"Enough science."

Edit, 6.04 pm, December 15, 2020: A reader pointed out to
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allopathy

Ayurveda is not a science – but what does that mean?

This post has benefited immensely with inputs from Om Prasad. Calling something
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conspiracy theories

Journalistic entropy

Say you need to store a square image 1,000 pixels wide
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aachaaram

The life and death of 'Chemical Nova'

You know how people pretend to win an Oscar or a Nobel
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