The ongoing second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India has been devastating in its reach and impact. Among my friends, family, and acquaintances, I doubt there is a single person who hasn’t been affected directly. Some had the disease themselves; others saw a loved one suffer from it, and…
‘Science’ means different things for different people. Scientists may scoff at this statement – asserting that ‘science’ can be defined precisely and correctly, the most common definition being ‘systematic study of the world using observation and experimentation’. What does that mean in plain English? Simply that science tries to answer…