
Shoddy Harassment Investigations Are a Stain to Academia
It’s time to hold committees responsible for how they manage harassment claims

Shoddy Harassment Investigations Are a Stain to Academia
It’s time to hold committees responsible for how they manage harassment claims

Facial Recognition Plan from IRS Raises Big Concerns
Government agencies are tapping a facial recognition company to prove you’re you


How Racism in Early Life Can Affect Long-Term Health
Excessive adversity activates biological reactions that can lead to lifelong problems in physical and mental well-being

The Complicated Legacy of E. O. Wilson
We must reckon with his and other scientists’ racist ideas if we want an equitable future

Conservative Justices Seem Poised to Overturn Roe’s Abortion Rights
Justices heard arguments on Wednesday in a case over a Mississippi law that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy

California Plans for a Post-Roe World as Abortion Access Shrinks Elsewhere
Abortion providers are preparing for a surge in demand from other states if the Supreme Court overturns the landmark ruling

The Anti–Critical Race Theory Movement Will Profoundly Affect Public Education
The election of Glenn Youngkin and other anti-CRT candidates demonstrates how exploiting white fear continues to galvanize voters

Long Overlooked, Benjamin Banneker Is Recognized for Work on Cicadas and against Slavery
The Black naturalist’s research in the 1700s was respected but not accepted, just like his petition to Thomas Jefferson to end oppression

Afghanistan’s Terrified Scientists Fear Persecution
Reprisals may come for their field of study, their ethnicity or involvement in international collaborations

Modern Mathematics Confronts Its White, Patriarchal Past
Mathematicians want to think their field is a meritocracy, but bias, harassment and exclusion persist

The Discrimination Tax
New research suggests that people will discriminate even at a personal price

What Hand You Favor Shapes Your Moral Space
Being right- or left-handed affects your psychology in many ways, recent research shows