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Why We Should Not Ignore Interdisciplinarity's Critics

Why We Should Not Ignore Interdisciplinarity's Critics

Amidst the push from universities and funding agencies for increased interdisciplinary research, interdisciplinarity has also been the subject of a number of critiques in recent years.

10 Human Rights Priorities for the Information and Communications Technology Sector

10 Human Rights Priorities for the Information and Communications Technology Sector

A primer on the most relevant, urgent, and probable human rights impacts for the ICT sector and opportunities for positive impact.

NIH Tweaks Plan to Award More Grants to Younger Researchers

NIH Tweaks Plan to Award More Grants to Younger Researchers

Agency will no longer set a 10-year cutoff for eligibility.

AAAS, APS Seek to Free Iranian Physician Facing Death Penalty

AAAS, APS Seek to Free Iranian Physician Facing Death Penalty

AAAS and APS presidents seek justice for physician and scientist Ahmadreza Djalali, who faces death sentence, in letter to Iran President Rouhani.

World's First AI-Citizen Sophia is Calling for Women's Rights

World's First AI-Citizen Sophia is Calling for Women's Rights

The Hanson Robotics headline maker is now pushing for women's rights in a country that granted her more rights than it grants most human females.

Teaching Gender Equality Can Help Tackle Sexual Harassment

Teaching Gender Equality Can Help Tackle Sexual Harassment

Schools must encourage young people to question gender norms and behaviours, and ensure that sex education goes beyond biology

Engaging Researchers with Good Data Management: Perspectives from Engaged Individuals

Engaging Researchers with Good Data Management: Perspectives from Engaged Individuals

On the need to recognise good practice, engage researchers early in their career with research data management and use peers to talk to those who are not ‘onboard’.

Grad Tuition Waiver Tax Dead, Student Loan Interest Deduction Saved in Final GOP Bill

Grad Tuition Waiver Tax Dead, Student Loan Interest Deduction Saved in Final GOP Bill

Senate and House Republican leaders have agreed to abandon many of the controversial proposals that higher education leaders and students had rallied to thwart.

Nine Researchers Sue University of Rochester Over Sexual-Harassment Allegations

Nine Researchers Sue University of Rochester Over Sexual-Harassment Allegations

Lawsuit alleges that the institution mishandled complaints about cognitive scientist Florian Jaeger.

I Spoke Up Against My Harasser — and Paid a Steep Price

I Spoke Up Against My Harasser — and Paid a Steep Price

Professional isolation and stress-induced illness during a protracted investigation leave a survivor to wonder: Would keeping quiet have been the wiser choice?

UK Government Promises Plans for Euratom Exit 'Shortly'

UK Government Promises Plans for Euratom Exit 'Shortly'

Dominic Raab, the justice minister, has said that the UK government will lay out "its vision" for cooperation with the European Atomic Energy Community, Euratom, within weeks.

A Nobel Prize Winner Is Freeing Women Scientists from Household Chores

A Nobel Prize Winner Is Freeing Women Scientists from Household Chores

Science is a brutally competitive field. Long days in the lab are a given. Every hour of available time is an advantage, especially in the crucial early years of a postdoctoral career.

Google's True Origin Partly Lies in CIA and NSA Research Grants for Mass Surveillance

Google's True Origin Partly Lies in CIA and NSA Research Grants for Mass Surveillance

The story of the deliberate creation of the modern mass-surveillance state includes elements of Google’s surprising, and largely unknown, origin. It is a somewhat different creation story than the one the public has heard, and explains what Google cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page set out to build, and why.