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HHMIMichael Eisen hopes to win election to the US Senate in 2018.In the week since President Donald Trump took the oath of office, scientists have taken to social media en masse, decrying the new administration’s plan to dismantle climate regulations, reports that …
When Kevin Sinclair reported that 13 cloned sheep his lab had studied lived long and healthy lives1, he wanted to be as transparent as possible about what has been a controversial research area. Sinclair had invited journalists to see the sheep while …
Citation rates in astronomy are stacked against women, a study that uses machine learning to quantify bias has found.Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, estimate that, as a result of gender bias, papers whose first authors are …
Barbara Alper/Getty ImagesParticipants in a 1983 Gay Pride parade in New York City protest against panic over AIDS.In 1982, sociologist William Darrow and his colleagues at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) travelled from Georgia to California to investigate …
Rick Madonik/Toronto Star via Getty ImagesTraining parents to make better connections with their autistic children can reduce symptoms years later.Teaching parents of children with autism how to interact more effectively with their offspring brings the children benefits that linger for years, according …
Kike Calvo/Visual&Written SL/AlamyThe Arecibo Observatory has one of the world’s biggest single-dish telescopes.Two former researchers at the troubled Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico have filed a lawsuit claiming that illegal discrimination and retaliation led to their dismissal.James Richardson and Elizabeth Sternke are …