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With his passing on Tuesday, India lost one of its most celebrated astrophysicists. Narlikar was 86 - a man far ahead of his times and someone who shaped a generation of Indian researchers through his lifelong dedication to science education.

His funeral was attended by hundreds, from school children to renowned scientists and even his housekeeping staff, underscoring the profound impact he had on society.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7976516

Thoughts on this?

The video is about an hour long.

Honestly, really raises questions about a philosophy of life and how to systematize it.

This is a presentation by the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution.

You can listen to it while you're doing other things but the slides are interesting to me.

I'll be waiting for the Photons Be Free premier

The demand for the widely used cancer drug Taxol is increasing, but it’s difficult and expensive to produce because it hasn’t been possible to do it biosynthetically. Until now, that is. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have cracked the last part of a code that science has struggled with for 30 years. The breakthrough could halve the price of the drug and make production far more sustainable.