
How Work-Family Justice Can Bring Balance to Scientist Moms
It’s time to change cultural views and expectations around science and motherhood
It’s time to change cultural views and expectations around science and motherhood
The man who wrote one of environmentalism’s most-cited essays was a racist, eugenicist, nativist and Islamaphobe—plus his argument was wrong
Family leave policies leave women faculty behind
Thinking outside the box is as important for science as it is for a business start-up
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The World Health Organization is now promoting unproved traditional Chinese medicine
The plan would be the first in the U.S. and would help fund the city’s aging public transit system
A recent symposium left participants with a renewed sense of belonging and a collaborative energy
Patricia Straat looks back on the Viking lander experiment that aimed to find microbes
Low-income neighborhoods see more damage and have less political clout to advocate for fixes
Without female data, everything from safety gear to urban design to Siri is biased toward men. The effects range from inconvenient to deadly
With relatively small increases in budgetary support, we can support and retain new mothers in science
The sophisticated sensing behaviors of marine organisms could serve as a surveillance system that aids national security
The withdrawal from the European Union could disrupt emissions trading to reduce greenhouse gases
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 first female winner of the prestigious Abel Prize shares details of life as a mathematician
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