ISRO

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On resource constraints and merit

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Analysis Science Big Science Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Department of Science and Technology India-based Neutrino Observatory ISRO Jadugoda jugaad let teachers teach NASA particle physics R&D funding resource constraint Sabine Hossenfelder Sean Carroll Superconducting Super Collider Swarnajayanti Fellowships transparency Vannevar Bush

In the face of complaints about how so few women have been awarded this year’s Swarnajayanti Fellowships in India, some scientists pushed back asking which of the male laureates who had been selected…

A great discussion on the history of India's tech.

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Analysis Science appropriate technology Arun Mohan Sukumar brain drain CSIR Emergency Five Year Plan history of science history of technology Human Genome Project Indian Institutes of Technology ISRO Jahnavi Phalkey Jawaharlal Nehru Midnights Machines Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya Morarji Desai Nandan Nilekani Planning Commission solar cooker UIDAI Vikram Sarabhai

On February 27, the Bangalore International Centre and Carnegie India hosted a panel discussion around Midnight Machines, the new book by Arun Mohan Sukumar that traces the interplay of technology and…

Playing the devil's advocate on Starlink

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Op-eds Science Challakere science city Elon Musk environmentalism India-based Neutrino Observatory ISRO Kulasekarapattinam low-cost internet Mauna Kea mega-constellation non-rivalry Outer Space Treaty satellite constellation space-based internet SpaceX Starlink Sterlite Thirty Meter Telescope Thoothukudi

After SpaceX began to launch its Starlink satellite constellation to facilitate global internet coverage, astronomers began complaining that the satellites are likely to interfere with stargazing sche…