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The public pays taxes to support research; they should be able to access the results

We need to let non-scientists know that science isn't based on "proof," but rather on the practice of testing and checking one another's work.

Young people will be greatly impacted by the effects of climate change, so it is critical that their voices are heard.

Mental health disorders and depression are far more likely for grad students than they are for the average American.

You can restore credibility to Congress and lead on issues from opioid addiction to clean water

The field has plenty of talented women, but to reach leadership roles they must have visible and recognizable roles within medicine and in the public

It’s more important than ever that scientists be engaged in public and political discourse.

If elected, Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson will, among other things, bring a different attitude toward climate science.

We're working to get copies of Angela Saini's Inferior into all of New York City's middle and high schools.

Even after reading every single related news article, it is still worth reading the 300-plus page National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine report on Sexual Harassment in its entirety. The report lays out why academia is fundamentally broken and incapable of dealing with harassment.

Marketing algorithms prevent many women from seeing the advertising, even though it’s illegal to target jobs to one gender.

Representative Bill Foster weighs in on the most important science issues facing the country.

Universities need to rethink how they evaluate academics for promotion.

A new wave of scientists and engineers are recognizing the importance of their seat at the policy table.

Tolerating bad behavior means wasted tax dollars, disrupted scientific advancements and weakened innovation.

Wrong question; instead of scapegoating individual researchers, we should blame the centers of power, including corporations and political leaders.

When it’s also big science, the careers of those involved can suffer.

Even when the field of academic study is removed from the equation, women’s earnings still trail those of men by 11 percent. The reason? Family. Married women with children are paid less than those who don’t have similarly structured families. Meanwhile, men earn the same amount, regardless of their marital or parental status. 

Amidst a controversy, it’s important to remember that implicit bias is real and it matters.  The same thought processes that make people smart can also make them biased.

One major factor is the significant gender inequity that exists in the recruitment, promotion and retention of female faculty and staff scientists.

I didn’t really understand how unjust the academic system was for career advancement for women until I had children  

I’m in graduate school to learn, and preprints—draft versions of journal articles that are shared prior to peer review—offer a great opportunity to do just that. Here’s how preprints help young researchers grow in ways traditional types of scientific communication don’t.

A new database is fighting the poor visibility of women in STEM by offering female professionals as speakers, panelists, experts, course leaders and advocates for diversity and equity.

Because Trump has not nominated someone to head the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Michael Kratsios is the de facto leader.

She was a physicist, too—and there is evidence that she contributed significantly to his groundbreaking science.

Opioids. Fracking. Zika. GMOs. Scientists should be speaking up about all sorts of science-based issues that affect our lives. Especially now, when Trump administration officials tell us that climate change is debatable.

The nearly 60,000-member American Geophysical Union took the bold step of revising its ethics policy to treat harassment, discrimination and bullying as scientific misconduct, with the same types of penalties for offenders. Other scientific organizations have not adopted that standard.

It's easy (and right) to criticize Trump for his vulgar dismissal of developing countries, but scientists harbor their own prejudice.