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Students wearing protective masks listen to their teacher as they maintain social distancing in a classroom of Central Model School during a demonstration session for the students, parents and teaching staff before the reopening of the school, as India eases lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Barrackpore on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, June 8, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

What a Changing World Means for What Science We Teach, and How

T.V. Padma 08/08/2021

Some 42% of a survey's respondents – all teachers...

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Five Reflections on National Science Day

Vasudevan Mukunth 28/02/2019

C.V. Raman won a Nobel Prize for discovering the...

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The Politics of Indian Pseudoscience and What We Need to Do to Tame It

Jaya Ramchandani 07/06/2018

We need to find a way to critically review...