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Ashutosh Jogalekar is a chemist interested in the history, philosophy and sociology of science. He is fascinated by the logic of scientific discovery and by the interaction of science with public sentiments and policy. He blogs at The Curious Wavefunction and can be reached at curiouswavefunction@gmail.com.

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What is chemical intuition?

Cancer, genomics and technological solutionism: A time to be wary

An invasive ladybug uses a biological weapon to kill off competitors

Who's the greatest American physicist in history?

Global warming slowdown retrospectively "predicted"

The man without a center

Why the free market is like quantum mechanics (and both are unrealistic constructs)

Friday levity: More CO2 will be better. Also, meth is good for you.

What do conspiracy theories, religious beliefs and detoxifying proteins have in common?

Climate change "deniers" and "skeptics": What's the difference?

Political ideology can dominate other factors in choosing energy efficiency

Nuclear energy for future citizens

On synthesis, design and chemistry's outstanding philosophical problems

Climate change denial, laissez-faire economics and conspiracy theories: A productive pairing?

Why the search for a unified theory may turn out to be a pipe dream

How to repel kids from science: By shackling curiosity in cuffs

The head of the House Committee on Science does not understand how science works

Stephen Hawking's advice for twenty-first century grads: Embrace complexity

Climate change models fail to accurately simulate droughts

Do you need to know math for doing great science?

How to recognize (and talk to) a chemophobe.

Moore's Law and battery technology: No dice

Nuclear power may have saved 1.8 million lives otherwise lost to fossil fuels, may save up to 7 million more.