Opposition To GMOs Is Neither Unscientific Nor Immoral
The pro-and anti-GMO positions will remain polarized until larger questions about the future of food production are addressed.
14
Jan
Articles
11
Jan
The Development Agenda and the Progress of Science and Technology in India
The massive dissatisfaction over development outcomes will eventually force us to adopt at least some part of the development agenda. It is better that we do this on our own terms and preserve our autonomy and our notion of rigour.
08
Jan
What is mitochondria in your mother tongue?
A top-down approach of imposing the necessity of polyglot model of scientific communication is likely to be highly unpopular in a multilingual geography such as ours.
08
Jan
The Case for English
If insularity regarding the nation state is already being countenanced in English, how much more is it likely to happen at the level of the native language?
07
Jan
H.G. Wells vs. George Orwell: Their debate whether science is humanity’s best hope continues today
There is much to hope for from science, but a truly reasonable outlook places equal emphasis on science’s limitations.
03
Jan
The ethics of excellence: improving academic research
Improving academic research needs to be a wide-ranging project.
01
Jan
Engaging with Confluence and Studying Vision Documents: A management approach
In all, it appears to involve a good lot of reading, reflection and writing one’s thoughts down for sharing and collaborating in Confluence!
01
Jan
Why does our society lack scientific temper and what can scientists do about it?
the process of science is far more important than the product because the product may be of interest only to a few specialists but the process should be of interest to a much wider group of people
27
Dec
Biological mass extinction far more serious than previously thought?
The world’s biosphere could be likened to a great wall, the human perched atop it. And if the biosphere were to lose a few species of animals, the wall would only lose a few bricks and still remain standing. But soon, if more and more animals go extinct, the entire wall may, just may, come crumbling down. The question is who is removing the bricks?
22
Dec
The unbiased reviewers – do they exist?
Is there any point in double blind reviews?
16
Dec
Should we ban PET bottles?
The choice between PET and glass bottles for high volume, mass consumption applications is not an easy one and is worth debating.
15
Dec
How can a Medical Doctor be a Mythologist?
“By turning all knowledge that cannot be measured or proven using scientific principles into falsehood, scientists risk turning into power-brokers.”
13
Dec
Rethinking the Social Contract of Science
https://youtu.be/0plyKJST_qc
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