The Desi Science Page
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We aim to promote science as a way of thinking, curiosity, rationality, philosophy, critical thinking, scientific skepticism & sentientism/humanism
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A thread with links to the various other threads on different topics: Alt med: Evidence/ScienceVsPseudoscience: Logical fallacies: Crit thinking: Beliefs:
The only "agenda" science should serve is the pursuit of an objective description of nature.
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science go.nature.com/3Uhb9hF
Science isn't "western" or "indigenous" or "colonial" or "decolonized". The only arbiter of truth is experiment, no matter who you are.
New on the reading list 📖 “Are we alone in the cosmos? The question should have an obvious answer: yes or no. But once you try to find life somewhere else, you realize it is not so straightforward, Welcome to the world of science, which always starts with a (deceptively…
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If you proclaim yourself a sceptic or a science educator, you can’t pick & choose which dogmas you denounce & ridicule and which ones you defend under the umbrella of kindness.
If you proclaim yourself a sceptic or a science educator, you can’t pick & choose which dogmas you denounce & ridicule and which ones you defend under the umbrella of kindness.
We were thrilled to welcome Nobel laureate and member of our Scientific Advisory Board Venki Ramakrishnan to @IsomorphicLabs in London this week. Our Structural Bioinformatics team leader Adrian Stecula led a riveting fireside chat that explored how diverse perspectives drive…
"Rational criticism compares rival theories with the aim of finding which of them offers the best explanations according to the criteria inherent in the problem." @DavidDeutschOxf, The Fabric of Reality. —Chapter 3: Problem-solving.
“There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.”
Introducing AlphaGenome: an AI model to help scientists better understand our DNA – the instruction manual for life 🧬 Researchers can now quickly predict what impact genetic changes could have - helping to generate new hypotheses and drive biological discoveries. ↓
"Scientific research is the best method we have for obtaining information about ourselves and about our ignorance." — Karl Popper, In Search of a Better World: Lectures and Essays from Thirty Years, Routledge, 1992, p. 79.
The science between genetically engineered food crops and medical therapeutics is the same. But our reactions? Completely irrational. We cheer when gene editing saves a child from leukemia. We panic when it saves a child from blindness through vitamin A-enriched rice. CAR T…
“We have to simply come to grips with the real universe that we really live in and if some of our myth and some of our religion is inconsistent with it, it’s time to change the myth and the religion.” - Carl Sagan
Ladakh’s 1st Astro Festival is Here! Mark your calendars for two exciting days - 27th & 28th June 2025. Join us for insightful talks at Agling, Leh with leading experts & witness breathtaking stargazing at the peaceful @ULadakh , Taru Campus. #LadakhAstroFestival @IIABengaluru
A little bit more of humanity is in space today. 🇺🇸🇮🇳🇵🇱🇭🇺 The four-member crew of #Ax4 includes astronauts from @ESA and @ISRO. @Axiom_Space's fourth private astronaut mission is set to arrive at the @Space_Station on Thursday, June 26: go.nasa.gov/4kWwmJc
The First Ladakh Astro Festival is happening at Leh.
#LadakhAstroFestival2025! There is no better place than Ladakh for astrophiles or stargazers, who enjoy observing the night sky and celestial objects. And what better news for them than the holding of the first Ladakh Astro Festival 2025 by @utladakhtourism & @IIABengaluru
#LadakhAstroFestival2025! There is no better place than Ladakh for astrophiles or stargazers, who enjoy observing the night sky and celestial objects. And what better news for them than the holding of the first Ladakh Astro Festival 2025 by @utladakhtourism & @IIABengaluru
“…mere scepticism is not enough”
Read more in @_HannahRitchie's article: "If the world adopted a plant-based diet, we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares" ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets
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