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Fraud in a glass of wine: The case of Dipak Das
February 15, 2012, No Comments

One of the biggest stories in biomedical research during the last decade has been the discovery that certain molecules c ...

Science Critical Digest: 19.12.11
December 19, 2011, No Comments

1.  A research group at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory has published a paper in Science, where they describe ...

Science Critical Digest: 6.12.11
December 6, 2011, No Comments

The Critical Digest Week 1: (28.11.11- 4.12.11)

Crowd-sourced science – Part 1: Participate in international science projects without lifting a finger
September 21, 2011, 1 Comment

The vastness of our Universe and the multitude of fascinating objects that make it up have held my fancy for as long as ...

Einstein and God. Let’s put this behind us shall we?
July 9, 2011, 1 Comment

I write this in response to all those who quote Einstein when they are faced with a science v/s religion dilemma. Misquo ...

Peter Thiel’s 20 under 20 program
June 12, 2011, No Comments

Peter Thiel's 20 under 20 program gives $100,000 scholarships to students to stop out of college and pursue their scienc ...

Time to make science popularization popular
June 3, 2011, 6 Comments

Back when I was in college, “science popularization” was a dirty phrase. Popularizing science was considered ...

Public attitude to science
Indian Public’s Attitude to Science?
May 21, 2011, No Comments

The UK public values science and is interested in finding out about it, with two-thirds agreeing that knowing about scie ...

No More Titrations
April 26, 2011, 5 Comments

The Chemistry Syllabus in India- An Argument for Change

Indian Science in the Media
April 19, 2011, 3 Comments

Just a few days ago I finished a book that was supposed to show ‘how Indian science is taking over the world’ ...