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Paid Family Leave for Postdocs
With relatively small increases in budgetary support, we can support and retain new mothers in science
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Military Tries Out Fish as Underwater Spies
The sophisticated sensing behaviors of marine organisms could serve as a surveillance system that aids national security
How Brexit Could Impact the U.K.’s Climate Goals
The withdrawal from the European Union could disrupt emissions trading to reduce greenhouse gases
Mission to Europa Gets New Instrument to Look for Signs of Habitability
Amid technical and political hurdles, a veteran planetary scientist takes charge of a key part of Europa Clipper, a spacecraft targeted at the solar system’s most intriguing moon
The “Fantastic” Feeling of a Breakthrough: Q&A with Math Prize Winner Karen Uhlenbeck
The first female winner of the prestigious Abel Prize shares details of life as a mathematician
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GOP Counteroffer to Green New Deal Pushes Innovation
Senator Lamar Alexander’s proposal would beef up funding for energy research and carbon capture
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How Big Data Can Help Save the World
Emerging analytic and computing tools are enabling much better use of huge data sets
Coastal Conservation Plan Sparks Fight Over Sand
Beach communities that rely on dredging to replenish protective dunes object to expanded federal protections
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How to Deal with Chaos in Climate and Politics
In complex systems, small changes can make big differences
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Challenging Academic Publishing
A pilot collaboration between Springer Nature and ResearchGate aims to boost visibility for research articles on a network for connecting with peers
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The Humanities and the Future
Our descendants’ lives will be intertwined with advanced technologies—and that will revitalize non-technological disciplines such as philosophy
U.S. Communities Urged to Boost Immunity to “Shock Events”
Past disasters point to steps cities and counties can take to bolster their resilience
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Opting Out of Vaccines Should Opt You Out of American Society
People who are able to take vaccines but refuse to do so are the moral equivalent of drunk drivers
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Study on Weed Killers and Monarch Butterflies Spurs Ecological Flap
Some scientists question museum data analysis that suggests Roundup is not responsible for the insects’ decline
Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prizewinning Physicist Says
In conversation, the 2019 Templeton Prize winner does not pull punches on the limits of science, the value of humility and the irrationality of nonbelief
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Science Should Be More Helpful to New Parents
We need paid leave so young researchers can start families without abandoning STEM careers
Soap-Bubble Pioneer Is First Woman to Win Prestigious Math Prize
Abel-prize winner Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck built bridges between analysis, geometry and physics
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Are We Measuring Research Success Wrong?
Universities tout how much they spend, but it’s no virtue if that spending is inefficient
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Researchers Write about Brain-Machine Interfaces, How Eels Shock, and What Shark Bites Have to Do with Rebuilding Broken Bodies
“I get goose bumps every time I see it.” “I saw something so strange that I had to drop everything else to investigate.” “A tale of shark bites at a Scottish pub has led us to some new ideas about rebuilding broken bodies.” Those sentences appear in three of the feature articles in this issue written by the researchers who are doing the work...
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Whose Job Is It to Help Build Public Trust in Science?
Scientists, research institutions and science writers all have roles to play
