Month: April 2019

In a companion article titled `A Historic Choice I have outlined the significance of the Maharashtra Ordinance XIV of 2013 against black magic, and the need for concerted efforts of

Earlier this year, the All India Peoples Science Network (AIPSN) called for observing August 20 asNational Scientific Temper Day (NSTD), in order to commemorate the cold-blooded murder of Dr. Narendra

If you believe in ghosts, you are far from alone. Around 45% of Americansbelieve in ghostsand as many as 18% of people will go so far as to say they

On Sunday February 3 theNew York Timesran anOpinion Editorial by David DeSteno, a professor of psychology at North-eastern University, Boston who studies the ways in which emotions guide decisions and

Blame your brain I like to think of myself as a rational person, but Im not one. The good news is its not just me or you. We are all

Humans love making up unbelievably-intriguing and mysterious stories about ghosts, sea monsters, animate objects, and alien invasions. The list goes on, and I must admit that I love reading these

In late November, the Justice Department unsealed indictments against eight people accused of fleecing advertisers of $36 million in two of the largest digital ad-fraud operations ever uncovered. Digital advertisers

Susan Thompkins is somebodys Aunt Susan, and everyone has someone like her. Aunt Susan is a genuinely happy and loving woman, who buys gifts for her nephews and nieces whenever

Rene Descartes was the first to speculate on rationalism in the seventeenth century, basing it upon the idea that the only thing that could ever be known is the mind.

In 21st century India, many people in rural as well as urban areas, would still rather consult a tantrik or an astrologer to cure their illnesses instead of approaching a

Context: Recently, the Maharashtra State Legislature passed the much publicized Anti- Superstition Bill. Maharashtra became the first state in the country to pass a bill to combat practices like black

Correlation is not causation but its really hard to set aside the fact that Indias ruling party has empowered a clutch of people to vocalise their pseudoscientific beliefs without fear

Let me begin by saying that the just concluded 106th Indian Science Congress (ISC) at Lovely Professional University, Punjab is an event that progress and promotion of science and research