AYUSH advisory presents ominous outlook for research in traditional Indian health-care systems
Lakhotia, Patwardhan and Rastogi examine a recent advisory by the AYUSH ministry that mandates the inclusion of AYUSH experts in any study on AYUSH drugs.
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Have we scientists failed our society?
As scientists, we need to recognize that communicating our research findings to the non-specialist, taking our science to the next-door neighbour or a vendor on the street or a politician, spreading the excitement of science among young people are our responsibilities as much as carrying out our research with sincerity and honesty is.
Capitalizing Genome: the Business of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing in India
Shashank S Tiwari examines some of the ethical, social and regulatory issues linked to Direct To Consumer genetic tests in India.
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.
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?