Two paragraphs too many

Science isn't above commerce

Bush reacts to Lancet study

Science against poverty

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Double standards

Merck faked to promote drug

How Gandhi’s doggedness continues to inspire Indian cartoonists

At a time when mainstream Indian media is prostrating itself before the present regime, uncompromising cartoonists are doing their work with …

Physics journal fosters spirit of enquiry

Physical Review, which began in 1893 as a monthly journal of indifferent repute, has evolved into a standard for the international physics community.

Research in S&T hindered by high cost of journals

The number of international science and technology journals available in Indian institutions has drastically and his may affect research adversity

War of words: why journalists need to understand grammar to write accurately about violence

An important but contested roles of journalism is the act of putting political violence into words. If they sound neutral, it’s likely …

'Capital lies with a few, power with the masses'

Only one of the 350 newspapers started as a cooperative venture after Independence survived government's attempts to shut them down. The newspeper'…

Writer's block

Science journalism in India suffers from a lack of understanding among writers and a reluctance on the part of scientists to explain their work

Mere volume will not sell research papers abroad

Despite a prolific output, Indian science researchers are rarely cited in foreign journals. The reasons: poor quality work on subjects far …

50 years of Watergate: Woodward and Bernstein didn’t bring down a president – but the myth that they did lives on

Like most media myths, the heroic-journalist interpretation of Watergate rests on a foundation of simplicity

Replacing news editors with AI is a worry for misinformation, bias and accountability

A newspaper in Germany is reportedly adopting artificial intelligence to replace certain editorial roles

Nobel Peace Prize 2021 for journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov

Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov had used fact-based journalism to speak truth to power in the Philippines and Russia and had done so at a …

Demystifying science

To promote public understanding of science, it is essential not only to initiate openness and dialogue between the scientific community and the …

Reach out to the common man

Kiran Karnik , Managing Director, Discovery Channel talks to Amit Shanker on ways to popularise environment issues

The ‘Gulf Stream’ will not collapse in 2025: What the alarmist headlines got wrong

It is well known that climate anxiety is fuelled by media messaging about the looming climate crisis

Greener Shades

The Indian pulp and paper industry reacts positively to the first Green Rating Project conducted by Centre for Science and Environment

Science cannot be a minion to wealth

A journalist without the pretensions of a scientist -- that's how JOHN MADDOX, editor of Nature for 15 years, would like to see himself. On his …