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Pseudoscience

  • Coronavirus: AYUSH Ministry asks Ramdev’s Patanjali to stop advertising Ayurvedic ‘cure’

    Coronavirus: AYUSH Ministry asks Ramdev’s Patanjali to stop advertising Ayurvedic ‘cure’

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 23, 2020 · 07:19 pm
  • How Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop and others in the wellness industry use pseudoscience to make profits

    How Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop and others in the wellness industry use pseudoscience to make profits

    Stephanie Alice Baker, The Conversation Chris Rojek, The Conversation
    · Feb 23, 2020 · 09:30 pm
  • Arjuna’s arrows had nuclear power, claims West Bengal governor at science fair

    Arjuna’s arrows had nuclear power, claims West Bengal governor at science fair

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 15, 2020 · 10:11 am
  • Pseudoscience is going viral on social media, putting us all at risk

    Pseudoscience is going viral on social media, putting us all at risk

    Santosh Vijaykumar, The Conversation
    · Aug 06, 2019 · 11:30 pm
  • The rise of amateur and celeb experts: How social media has changed the way we acquire knowledge

    The rise of amateur and celeb experts: How social media has changed the way we acquire knowledge

    Ashley Morgan, The Conversation
    · Jan 07, 2019 · 09:30 pm
  • The pseudoscientific approach thriving under the BJP has its roots in British rule: Wendy Doniger

    The pseudoscientific approach thriving under the BJP has its roots in British rule: Wendy Doniger

    Wendy Doniger
    · May 11, 2018 · 08:30 am
  • Readers’ comments: If chimps and monkeys had evolved into human beings, why do they still exist?

    Readers’ comments: If chimps and monkeys had evolved into human beings, why do they still exist?

    Scroll
    · Jan 21, 2018 · 10:30 pm
  • March for Science: Why thousands of Indian scientists will take to the streets on August 9

    March for Science: Why thousands of Indian scientists will take to the streets on August 9

    Vinita Govindarajan
    · Aug 08, 2017 · 05:30 pm