Year: 2018

#MeToo, #timesup, higher education, Indian Academy of Science, insa, Internal Complaints Committee, PhD students, sexism in academia, sexual harassment, Sexual harassment at the workplace, Vishakha guidelines

Indian Science’s #MeToo Moment Remains Caged in Lattice of Lopsided Relations

Aswin Sekhar 10/10/2018

When journalists try to discuss this topic in conferences...

Science for Monks, 14th Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhism, quantum mechanics, Schrodinger's cat, Emory University, Hinduism, science versus religion, Sikkim, Gangtok

Scientists and Buddhists Discuss Physics, Reality at Three-Day Conference

Vasudevan Mukunth 10/10/2018

One monk in attendance said he wanted to be...

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Dear Men of #MeToo: Abuse Is Behaviour, Not a Symptom of Mental Illness

Prateek Sharma 10/10/2018

When abusers bring mental health issues as an excuse...

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On a ‘Fast Unto Death’ to Save the Ganga, 86-Year-Old G.D. Agrawal Also Gives up Water

The Wire Staff 09/10/2018

The environmentalist, who has been on a fast in...

Male Aedes albopictus mosquitoes are seen in this picture. Zika virus is among the viruses spead by the species. Credit: Reuters/Ma Qiang/Southern Metropolis Daily

With Over 20 Cases of Zika in Jaipur, Health Ministry Begins Monitoring

The Wire Staff 09/10/2018

Twenty-nine people have tested positive for the virus in...

No Black Scientist Has Ever Won a Nobel – That’s Bad for Science and for Society

No Black Scientist Has Ever Won a Nobel – That’s Bad for Science and for Society

Winston Morgan 09/10/2018

It seems highly likely the perception that black people...

dielectric constant, water, dead layer, interfacial water, atomic force microscopy, phases of matter, electric field, electromagnetism

Why Water Along the Surface of a Tank Isn’t Like the Water Inside

Madhusudhan Raman 09/10/2018

It has long been thought that the layer of...