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Despite policies that endorse more inclusiveness, incentives work against including female subjects in experiments

The money comes as FEMA looks to revamp its insurance program to better reflect flood risks

Letters to the editor from the February 2021 issue of Scientific American

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Killer fungi, killer asteroids, buzzy cicadas, brain sensations, and more unsettling discoveries

GOP officials have been denigrating the government, including government scientists, for decades

Pharmaceutical companies and drug dealers have been part of the problem—but so have policy makers

Chile is leading the way with a bill that offers protections against abuses and inequities that could arise from technologies that augment human capacities

The International Society for Stem Cell Research relaxed the famous 14-day rule on culturing human embryos in its latest research guidelines

Allegations that COVID escaped from a Chinese lab make it harder for nations to collaborate on ending the pandemic—and fuel online bullying—some scientists say

What is unprecedented is not just the speed and focus with which the community responded to the pandemic but also the singular willingness of scientists all over the world to share new ideas and data immediately and transparently