So what's ISRO testing on May 23?
ISRO has said that the RLV, should it someday be deployed, will be able to bring down launch costs from $5,000 per kg to $2,000 per kg.…
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Has 'false balance' become self-evidently wrong?
Have we finally entered a period wherein awareness of the fallacies of AGW-denial has matured enough for false-balance to have become either deliberate or the result of mindlessness?…
We’ve become more ambitious about reaching Alpha Centauri – what changed?
The real innovation powering the idea of Starshot is not in terms of propulsion or even the lasers but of the miniaturisation of electronics.…
The INO story
The INO's is a great story but stands unfortunately to become a depressing parable at the moment – the biggest bug yet in a spider's web spun of bureaucracy and misinformation.…
Podile, plagiarism, politics
If Appa Rao is the first politically appointed VC at the University of Hyderabad, how can anything he does not be examined through a political lens?…
‘World class’ optical telescope – India’s largest – to be activated near Nainital
The instrument is part of a widening foray into observational research in astronomy that India has undertaken since the 1960s, and bolstered with the successful launch of its first multi-wavelength satellite in September 2015.…
A small update
I moved to Delhi on March 27.…
How I make my decisions
A happy Lord of the Rings Day to you
The LotR trilogy made for the first modern great epic fantasy, its guiding light so very bright that even those who came after struggled to match its success.…
Discussing some motivations behind a particle physics FAQ
Particle physics is in the middle of a quandary. Let's use it to catch up on all that we've missed.…
Prospects for suspected new fundamental particle improve marginally
Although the data’s statistical significance isn’t as good as it would have to be for there to be a new ‘champagne bottle boson’ moment, it’s encouraging that the data itself isn’t vanishing.…
Special theory of relativity disproved?
It's impossible to call out all the bullshit claims being made everyday but quite possible and even more relevant to call out those who popularise it without necessary checks.…