Why does this charade keep going on? Just bring the matter to a close and hold Patanjali et al. in contempt, rather than asking for public apologies and engaging in whataboutery thehindu.com/news/national/…

A brief history of the colour orange:

Is climate change already a 'poll issue'?

Thanks to Mahima Jain and Radhika Santhanam for the feedback

Researchers discovered extracellular vesicles contain the same proteins on their surface some viruses use to infect cells. These vesicles compete for the same receptors the virus needs to enter cells, crowding the latter out and preventing an infection! thehindu.com/sci-tech/scien…

'a quick search on PubMed shows scientists worldwide publish 1,000s of papers reporting new drug targets, yet most of them haven’t translated to new drugs yet. A major reason is the need for people with expertise in various areas to work together over an extended period of time'

I'll never forget this clip of a cocoa farmer in Ivory Coast tasting chocolate for the first time.

'A pedagogy of action and engagement can only be place-based … Connecting with local nature can boost both literacy and conservation attitudes together.' A lovely article by M.Yuvan for #EarthDay thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/… The Hindu Comment

Linklist: April 21, 2024 open.substack.com/pub/linklist/p…

NEJM Begins Limiting Access for Certain News Organizations | MedPage Today ift.tt/XsEFvzO

Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan, in his new book, says that while we better understand, at a biological level, the causes of ageing and death, we are far from major breakthroughs trib.al/6dmycnr jacob koshy

A country needs a lot to go right for achievements like squeezing an extra 15 kg into the payload capacity of an already highly fine-tuned PSLV to be possible. peregrination.net/2024/04/19/inf…

'His images offered a glimpse into Gaza that few in the international press—which has been all but barred from accessing the Strip—could rival.'
One must ask why the 'international press' think they should rival local journalists; that they have the right to tell all our stories.

If you are in Bangalore this Friday, you may not want to miss this public lecture by Prajval Shastri ಪ್ರಜ್ವಲ್ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ پرجول شاستری for Archives at NCBS

whichever dimwit reported this account for impersonating isro -may your biscuit fall in your tea, may you step on a plug, may your internet connection be slow, may your favorite show get canceled after one season , may your computer crash before you save an important document

Data | While power availability determines our ability to deal with heat waves, high heat affects what sources of power are available to use. VM and Sambavi Parthasarathy write.
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'We have to admit, even if reluctantly, that if ever we discover a theory of AI, it is more likely to emerge from the discipline of philosophy than from computer science.' An eye-opening analysis of whether machines can think by Prof Subhashis Banerjee. thehindu.com/sci-tech/scien…

Agreed. And the fact that Ramdev wasn't acting alone is important too: he had the then health minister's assistance. peregrination.net/2024/04/11/jus…

Ramdev apologising because that's more politically convenient rather than because he thinks he screwed up isn't new. But the SC should also pull up former health minister Harsh Vardhan in the same case peregrination.net/2024/04/11/jus…