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Trans Researchers Are Struggling to Stay in Science. That Has to Change
There is a huge lack of transgender representation within the fields of science, and that lack of diversity affects us all.
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Should You Be Capitalizing the Word ‘Internet’?
One form of the word "internet" is advancing over the other, and will ultimately win out.
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What We Can Learn From the Epic Failure of Google Flu Trends
GFT seemingly presented an eerily accurate projection of the prevalence of the flu, turning the digital refuse of people’s searches into potentially life saving insights.
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The Government Wants You to Help It Do Science Experiments
State and federal agencies face problems and questions every day that are increasingly too big to solve without the public’s input and assistance.
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Congress, Don’t Make Us Hitch Rides With Russia. Love, NASA
Enough is enough. The Administrator of NASA calls on congress to fully fund the space program.
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Vaccines Weren’t Ready for Ebola. We Can Do Better
Outbreaks force governments to play an excruciating game of catch up as they scramble to develop vaccines for new pathogens. It doesn't have to be that way.
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The Big Problem With Outlawing Gender Conversion Therapies
Can we respect the expressions of gender-crossing children without being so “affirming” of their declarations that we accidentally steer them to a transgender path they might otherwise not want or need to take?
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