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No, academic science hasn’t overcome sexism
Here I am teaching Alice in Wonderland about Möbius strips and other fun mathematical concepts at GeekGirlCon last month. According to cultural stereotypes promoted by the New York Times, I shouldn’t...
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No big deal, we just landed a robot on a comet
Comet 67P as seen by the Philae lander on its approach yesterday. [Credit: ESA/Rosetta/Philae/ROLIS]Yesterday, a robotic probe named Philae landed on the surface of a comet. That’s the first time...
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A study in how not to talk about sexism in science
[Credit: Futurama][UPDATED! See below.] Anyone who has applied for academic positions, whether teaching or research-focused, knows how bad the job market is right now, and it shows no signs of getting...
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The Big Lie of science
The venom may arise because some people are deeply invested in a narrative of persistent and pervasive bias against women in academic science, perhaps because of ideological beliefs in the ubiquity of...
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You know what? Leave me out of this
It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World, at least if you look at who Williams and Ceci thought worthy of responding to. Wendy Williams and Stephen Ceci wrote another response to the critics of their study....
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The big lie of social justice
Cover of “Hogfather” by Terry Pratchett, one of my favorite books. One of my personal holiday traditions involves reading Terry Pratchett’s novel Hogfather. Strictly speaking, Hogfather is a Christmas...
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Dethroning the Nobel Prize
One arm of the LIGO detector near Livingston, Louisiana. [Credit: moi]This week, science news is going to be dominated by the annual announcements of the Nobel Prizes, the most prestigious awards given...
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Science is and always has been political
Why American scientists should care about the political state of the nation. Humans are very good at self-deception, and at believing we’re thinking rationally and dispassionately when the opposite is...
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