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Pandemic: A world-building exercise

Sep 19, 2020 2 min read

First, there was light news of a vaccine against COVID-19 nearing the end of its phase 3 clinical trials with very promising results, accompanied with breezy speculations (often tied to the stock pric…

Dehumanising language during an outbreak

Mar 5, 2020 5 min read

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It appears the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has begun local transmission in India, i.e. infecting more people within the country instead of each new patient having recently travelled to an already affected…

Curious Bends – nuclear Himalayas, tiny Indians, renewables victory and more

Apr 20, 2015 3 min read

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1. 50 years ago a bomb's worth of plutonium was lost on India’s second highest mountain. The mystery remains unanswered "In October 1965, the US’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and India’…