Indian science in the planet of Plan S
L.S. Shahsidhara discusses the merits of Plan S and what we need to do to implement it properly and reduce misuse.
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Not An Unqualified Yes for Plan-S
M. S. Santhanam examines the pros and cons of Plan S for Indian Academia.
Conversations in Research Life
G. V. Pavan Kumar discusses the constructive role of unstructured conversations in scientific research.
‘Plan-S’ model of research publication – a serious and unwarranted drain on money meant for actual research
The practice of authors or their funders paying for readers to read the work remains a fertile ground for may unwarranted practices and consequences.
Want your eggs black or white?
In clinics and banks across the world gametes are stored in colour- coded vials, with utmost importance placed on racially matching recipients with gametes. Black parents get black eggs and sperms, and white parents get white gametes and no one raises an eyebrow. It’s only when black women choose white eggs or a white woman gets wrongly inseminated with black eggs and colour lines are crossed that the topic is deemed newsworthy.
On claims devoid of Robust Logic: Statement by the Indian National Science Academy
Science relies and thrives on facts. INSA advocates the use of verifiable evidences in a logical manner to arrive at any inference.
How can a young scientist help to counter the wave of pseudoscience?
If the majority of the population starts believing in pseudoscience just because we chose to remain silent, and hence the society starts moving backwards, isn’t that is where the motto of practising science loses its meaning?
Science, scientific temper and pseudo-science
The Science Congress has moved away from its agenda of inculcating and nurturing scientific temper in society. The space provided by the event has been hijacked by the proponents of pseudo-science. They pretend that modern science already existed in ancient India. This is an injustice both to ancient civilisational knowledge systems as well as to modern science.
Interdisciplinarity: How to make it work for you
In this article on interdisciplinarity, Gautam Menon, theoretical physicist (The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai & Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai) and Sandhya P Koushika, neurobiologist (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai) provide critical insights on tackling interdisciplinary problems, gained from decade of steadfast collaboration.
Viral India: The Zika story
India experienced a Zika Outbreak thrice in the last two years. Vikram Thakur discusses the virus and what is being done to contain it.