Under Elon Musk’s leadership, extremists could flock back to Twitter under the guise of “free speech,” and researchers are gearing up to study their impact
The Supreme Court could destroy affirmative action in higher education, and STEM professionals must stand against the white supremacy and scientific racism that fuels arguments against it...
The British royal family once led an empire based on white supremacy that caused suffering that continues today
The Iranian government is taking advantage of Internet shutdowns to push citizens onto a local intranet that is vulnerable to surveillance and censorship
The Census Bureau must improve its data anonymization methods to protect vulnerable groups
The Buffalo massacre shooter contorted genetic studies to support his hateful views
The matching of bullets to guns is subjective, and courts are starting to question it because of testimony from scientific experts
Eventually, the most ethical option might be to divert all resources toward building very happy machines
Jalonne White-Newsome went from being a Dow Chemical devotee to a leading injustice advocate
An expert in emerging technologies warns that software designed to summarize, translate and write like humans might exacerbate distrust in science
The technology could help patients exert control over their medical data
For decades anthropologists exploited Indigenous peoples in the name of science. Now they are reckoning with that history
As more of physics research is funded by the military, it is important to learn the full history of our past
Celebrated sociologist Alondra Nelson and genome leader Francis Collins will temporarily split Lander’s duties
People seeking to radicalize others are using ads to push conspiracy theories and extremist views
Wealthy countries have bought up most of the available vaccine doses for booster shots but still have far more than they need
Study aimed at collecting DNA from 10,000 autistic people and their families has drawn criticism for failing to consult the autism community
Four centuries after Descartes declared them to be mere machines that didn’t feel fear or pain, we’re still acting as though we don’t know better
Reprisals may come for their field of study, their ethnicity or involvement in international collaborations
Too many surveys fail to include options beyond “male,” “female” and “do not wish to disclose”
