Year: 2016

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Priggish NEJM Editorial on Data-sharing Misses the Point it Almost Made

Vasudevan Mukunth 24/01/2016

NEJM labours under the impression that the data generated...

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NAVIC, India’s Very Own GPS-lite

Sandhya Ramesh 22/01/2016

As with all other satnav systems, the NAVIC will...

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Remembering Rajni Kothari and His Wisdom on Things Political

Kian Tajbakhsh 22/01/2016

I met Rajni Kothari – who passed away one...

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The 22 Million Digit Number and the Amazing Math Behind Primes

Steve Humble MBE 22/01/2016

Mathematicians have been searching for patterns in prime numbers...

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Caltech Astronomers Build Evidence for a Ninth Planet Beyond Pluto

The Wire Staff 20/01/2016

The supposed body, temporarily dubbed Planet Nine, could exist...

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The Two Trials of Adlène Hicheur, Scientist, Muslim, Forever Suspect

Shobhan Saxena and Florencia Costa 20/01/2016

A brilliant scientist from CERN, accused of association with...

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Crosstalk: When an Apple Fell on Newton’s Head, and Stories on the Process of Discovery

Sunil Laxman 20/01/2016

A discovery is made only when the appropriate tools...