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I don't unmix science and politics. "Marxist in the garb of a science educator." Science and environment, @the_hindu: mukunth dot v at thehindu dot co dot in.

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Bill Gates's actions show that sounding the highest alarm on climate change and later leaping back from that position can both cause harm thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/…


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'Now, Mr. Gates appears to have overcorrected. In a recent memo, he said that while climate change will have serious effects, it won’t threaten humanity’s survival.' by @1amnerd The pitfalls of climate alarmism thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/…


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From ancient stepwells to molecular labs, from culinary chemistry to textile traditions — these immersive experiences celebrate how science is woven into our everyday lives.

SciJournIndia's tweet image. From ancient stepwells to molecular labs, from culinary chemistry to textile traditions — these immersive experiences celebrate how science is woven into our everyday lives.
SciJournIndia's tweet image. From ancient stepwells to molecular labs, from culinary chemistry to textile traditions — these immersive experiences celebrate how science is woven into our everyday lives.
SciJournIndia's tweet image. From ancient stepwells to molecular labs, from culinary chemistry to textile traditions — these immersive experiences celebrate how science is woven into our everyday lives.
SciJournIndia's tweet image. From ancient stepwells to molecular labs, from culinary chemistry to textile traditions — these immersive experiences celebrate how science is woven into our everyday lives.

Are we mistaking the idea of knowledge for the object of policy? randomwalking.org/2025/11/02/is-…


I've come to dislike the word 'impact'. Climate writing has become rife with it and I'm not sure if all writers appreciate the consequences, especially its contribution to dull and flattened communication. randomwalking.org/2025/10/31/the…


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Introducing ‘Hear Me Out’. ❤️ We’ve therapized, subtweeted, and doomscrolled our way into isolation. So we are trying something old-school: talking to each other again. Over wine. Come join us? Also RT and help spread the word! instagram.com/hearmeoutat/ (1/n)

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We’ve therapized, subtweeted, and doomscrolled our way into isolation. So we are trying something old-school: talking to each other again.

Over wine. 

Come join us? Also RT and help spread the word! instagram.com/hearmeoutat/ (1/n)
KarnikaKohli's tweet image. Introducing ‘Hear Me Out’. ❤️

We’ve therapized, subtweeted, and doomscrolled our way into isolation. So we are trying something old-school: talking to each other again.

Over wine. 

Come join us? Also RT and help spread the word! instagram.com/hearmeoutat/ (1/n)

ChatGPT 5 Go is crap with facts. Please triple-check whatever it claims.


Tolkien’s works have long drawn readers from a wide demographic. But when parts of his mythos are appropriated by entities associated with irrational and violent ideologies, the imaginative space those works once provided can become narrow. thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/…


According to Matthew Brown, to fully appreciate the value and scope of the scientific endeavour, we must recognise that science serves a "pragmatic function" as well as its equally significant "religious function" randomwalking.org/2025/10/18/the…


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Click the link below to subscribe to Science for All, our weekly newsletter, where we aim to take the jargon out and put the fun in. trib.al/lokQhwh


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In this week's Science for All newsletter, @1amnerd talks about curiosity-driven research in an unequal world thehindu.com/sci-tech/scien…


The long sentence has always tempted writers who believe consciousness refuses to stop at the period mark. Across languages and centuries, novelists have stretched sentences until they mirror the mind's own digressive and porous impulses. thehindu.com/books/books-au…


While it's heartening to tout the virtues of doing science led only by the guiding light of curiosity, it's important to remember that there's a bigger world out there and that science is a part of it. thehindu.com/newsletter/new…


Europe's industrial leadership wasn't the result of cultural superiority, as Joel Mokyr would have it, but because of specific material advantages, including those accruing from its colonial exploits and its global trade networks randomwalking.org/2025/10/14/a-b…


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Where science has failed to effectively communicate consciousness, authors such as Virginia Woolf, Thomas Pynchon and László Krasznahorkai have managed it flawlessly. @1amnerd writes: trib.al/o6je2Hx


The end of the world, whenever it comes, will look and feel exactly like the world we already know randomwalking.org/2025/10/09/rem…


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