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Scientifically Speaking: How to penalise research fraud without harming science

India, Sept. 7 -- India has seen a rise in research paper retractions in recent years. In the newly released 2025 National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings, the framework now deducts po... Read More


Scientifically Speaking: You are what your gut microbes eat

India, Aug. 25 -- The most important dinner guests at your table tonight won't pull up a chair or engage in chitchat. They are your gut microbes and there are trillions of them eating with you. A few... Read More


Scientifically Speaking: Fake scientific research on the rise, says study

India, Aug. 13 -- At 11.47 pm, a scientist in California compares two cancer research papers. They come from different labs and claim to study different things, but one image in each is identical. She... Read More


Scientifically Speaking: Fake scientific research on the rise, say study

India, Aug. 13 -- At 11.47 pm, a scientist in California compares two cancer research papers. They come from different labs and claim to study different things, but one image in each is identical. She... Read More


Scientifically Speaking: Science is accessible now, and kids should be encouraged to take it up

India, July 18 -- Last year, a group of high school students in California set out to tackle one of the most stubborn environmental problems in chemistry: PFAS, so-called 'forever chemicals' found in ... Read More


Scientifically Speaking: Does ChatGPT really make us stupid?

India, July 2 -- A few months after I took apart articles that mischaracterised a study of AI tools as causing people to lose critical thinking skills in a column for HT, viral headlines are at it aga... Read More


Scientifically speaking: India's brightest should rethink the safe coding path

India, June 26 -- At a recent panel at Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT) Madras, directors from five of India's top engineering institutions offered a prescription: it's time to move beyond the cod... Read More