The unbiased reviewers – do they exist?
Is there any point in double blind reviews?
Articles
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.
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.”
Rethinking the Social Contract of Science
The presentation looks at the extant and historical perspectives and institutional mechanisms regarding Skills and related livelihoods in India. The author points to the rigid and hierarchical separation between Skilling and Education programmes and institutions, and argues that this reflects the caste-based “firewall” in Indian society demarcating education/intellectual work from skills/manual work, and prevents the […]
Scientific Temper and Education: A Framework for Discussion
The curriculum of all students (including scientists) needs to include social science and humanities for strengthening their scientific temper.
Climate change: act before it is too late
“World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice”
Science, Scientists, and Society: Renewing the Dialogue
New initiatives emerge to re-imagine and bind the social contract of science
A March by Scientists
The scientists need to understand and appreciate the fact that it will take an eclectic effort to solve many of the problems in our society.
Black holes are simpler than forests and science has its limits
A reductionist explanation isn’t always the best or most useful one.
India's S&T visions: the missing participants
S&T Vision documents in India: whose vision and for whom? Perspectives on a recent Current Science paper.