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The Darker Side of John Wesley Powell

Like other early American geologists, the man who explored the Colorado River did anthropologic research that presupposed the racial inferiority of Native Americans

We Desperately Need a Merger between Education and Work

School currently focuses too exclusively on knowledge and not enough on skills

Failure to Condemn: A Global Health Crisis Targeting Women Affects Us Here

Rep. Ilhan Omar missed an opportunity to call out the victimization of women and girls through female genital mutilation or cutting

Seven Takeaways from the Democratic Climate Marathon

A few key differences emerged between the Presidential candidates’ approaches to combatting climate change

What the Data Say about Police Shootings

How do racial biases play into deadly encounters with the police? Researchers wrestle with incomplete data to reach answers

Five Things to Watch During CNN’s Climate Forum

Democratic presidential candidates will appear individually to discuss their plans for how the U.S. should tackle climate change

Don’t Believe Everything You Hear about Stem Cells

The science is progressing rapidly, but bad actors have co-opted stem cells’ hope and promise by preying on unsuspecting patients and their families...

Health Professionals Should Work Together on Policy

The teamwork practiced in hospitals and clinics is needed on a larger scale

Are Hospitals Intentionally Hiding Prices?

Or are they just unprepared to deal with the transition to patients, rather than insurance companies, as the payer?

Science Communication 101

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Algorithmic Foreign Policy

Artificial intelligence capable of predicting world events could radically change geopolitics

Robert Mueller Wanted the Facts to Speak for Themselves—Bad Move

The former special counsel’s frequently one-word answers in his August testimony gave little more insight into the report than the misinformation that’s already out there

A Successful Artificial Memory Has Been Created

The growing science of memory manipulation raises social and ethical questions

The Hidden Figure in Climate Science

John Tyndall is credited with the link between carbon dioxide and climate—but Eunice Newton Foote got there first

Genealogical Anxiety

Pondering the origins of your beliefs and yourself can be the first step toward making a better world...

Detained Migrant Children Need Continuous Medical Care

Health care providers say a lack of transparency and communication are barriers to ensuring the children are getting adequate, ongoing treatment

How to Defraud Democracy

A worst-case cyberwarfare scenario for the 2020 American presidential election

Abortion Bans Based on So-Called “Science” Are Fraudulent

Our silence in the face of new anti-choice laws across the U.S. is deafening

Truth, Lies & Uncertainty

Searching for reality in unreal times