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Women Are Invited to Give Fewer Talks Than Men at Top U.S. Universities

Women Are Invited to Give Fewer Talks Than Men at Top U.S. Universities

It’s not because they turn down talks more often, or because there aren’t enough women to invite.

No Hack Needed: Anonymisation Beaten With a Dash of SQL

No Hack Needed: Anonymisation Beaten With a Dash of SQL

Melbourne researchers warn government: don't publish data down to the individual, ever.

Philip Morris Funded Anti-Smoking Foundation Targeting Public Health Leaders With Grants

Philip Morris Funded Anti-Smoking Foundation Targeting Public Health Leaders With Grants

Leaked emails reveal that the foundation is actively making offers of grants to officials at the WHO as well as people in India and abroad without explicitly revealing its single source of funding – Philip Morris International.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

An Open Letter from Freelancers at Nautilus Magazine

An Open Letter from Freelancers at Nautilus Magazine

As of December 13, we are writers and editors awaiting payment from Nautilus magazine for a collective debt totalling $50,000. Some of us have been waiting to be paid for more than a year.

Iran's Supreme Court Confirms Death Sentence for Jailed Scholar

Iran's Supreme Court Confirms Death Sentence for Jailed Scholar

Few options remain to halt the execution of disaster medicine researcher Ahmadreza Djalali.

FNR's Marc Schiltz Elected as New Science Europe President

FNR's Marc Schiltz Elected as New Science Europe President

Schiltz takes over the presidency from Michael Matlosz, who was President of the organisation from 2015 to 2017.

Meet Your New Boss: An Algorithm

Meet Your New Boss: An Algorithm

Traditional employers like General Electric are using artificial intelligence and other elements of the work-on-demand business model to manage traditional full-time workforces.