Month: January 2020

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‘Could’ve Been More Sensitive’: Sachin Pilot on Response to Kota Infant Deaths

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot, in a statement on Friday,...

Kiran Bedi, om chanting, NASA, IISER Kolkata, TIFR Mumbai, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Centre of Excellence in Space Sciences India, Dopplergram, Global Oscillation Network Group, helioseismology, solar astrophysics, Parker solar probe, pseudoscience, Bharatiya Janata Party, convection zone, plasma,

Forget Kiran Bedi’s Om Video – This Is How Scientists Study the Sun’s Sound

The Wire Staff 05/01/2020

While other commentators took Bedi’s claim to the cleaners,...

Chandrashekhar Aazad Being Denied Medical Care in Prison, Says His Doctor

The Wire Staff 04/01/2020

Dr Harjit Singh Bhatti has said that the Bhim...

Bushfires Sweep Across Southeast Australia, 2 More Killed

Bushfires Sweep Across Southeast Australia, 2 More Killed

John Mair 04/01/2020

By late afternoon, Victoria had 17 fires rated at...

genetic determinism, biological determinism, Rajendra Trivedi, Brahmin Business Summit, Gujarat assembly speaker, DNA, genotype, genetic superiority, Adolf Hitler, gender based discrimination, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Aryan migration, Aryan invasion, racial discrimination, racism, caste, Dalits, Keeladi, Hindutva

Genetic Determinism, Pseudoscience Can’t Hide the Casteism of Brahmin Chauvinists

Vasudevan Mukunth 04/01/2020

Gujarat assembly speaker Rajendra Trivedi's claims about the superiority...

particle accelerator, tabletop accelerator, laser plasma acceleration, wakefield accelerator, slab waveguide, photonic circuit, photonic integrated circuit, inverse design, acceleration gradient, ACHIP, materials processing, sterilisation, cargo screening, biofuels production, water treatment, flue gas treatment, Robert L Byer,

The Particle Accelerator That Could Fit in Your Pocket

Vasudevan Mukunth 04/01/2020

Scientists at Stanford University are working on a tiny...

107th Indian Science Congress, Indian Science Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, patents, National Chemical Laboratory, Central Drug Research Institute, Shekhar Mande, Girish Sahni, fundamental research, applied research, INSPIRE-SHE, March for Science, R&D, GERD, arteether, Central University of Kerala, University of Hyderabad, Department of Atomic Energy, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Narendra Modi’s Focus on Patents at Indian Science Congress Is Not Good Advice

Vasudevan Mukunth 03/01/2020

The Narendra Modi government's push to have research institutions...