Remembering Ben Barres, the trailblazing trans neuroscientist and mentor, on his birthday
The legacy of the researcher, teacher, and gender equality advocate lives on
Academia should incentivize mathematicians to make their work more accessible
Math papers that are difficult to understand prevent scientists from learning about tools they can use in their research
Mathematicians hope digital "proof assistants" will fix the field's own replication crisis
Computer programs can be better than humans, but they're not perfect
'Picture a Scientist’ director Sharon Shattuck wants you to know you're not alone
The stories captured in Picture a Scientist are shocking, but they are hardly exceptional
Retracting publications doesn't stop them from influencing science
"Zombie papers" keep on getting cited, with huge ripple effects
The US is deporting scientists. I’m one of them
ICE is using COVID-19 confusion as cover to force immigrant scientists out
It's lonely being a Black scientist
I have been weighed down by tragedy, passed over, and exploited
Black scientists are exposing the racist side of academia on Twitter
#BlackintheIvory is yet another illustration that academia is rife with racism. It's long past time for change
Not surprisingly, science still has a huge racism and sexism problem
All STEM fields have this problem, with physics having particularly large gaps
Great minds think differently - supporting neurodiversity benefits scientific progress
Academia needs to accept that not everyone’s brain functions in the same way.
Why academia needs its #MeToo moment
Academia reports the second-highest rates of work-related sexual harassment, only less than the military
Why is it so hard for scientists to talk about leaving academia?
We should value scientists who transfer their skills
The Graduate Research Fellowship Program favors elite schools – again
The early-career grants, meant to boost diversity, end up perpetuating disparities
Why I'm quitting GMO research
Constantly confronting people who think my research will harm them is profoundly distressing
A scientist responds to that 'Science' Instagram essay
Online outreach helps highlight women and people of color in the field
Should peer review stop being anonymous?
Prominent researchers can take the gamble, but junior scientists risk retribution
Scientific knowledge is drowning in a flood of research
A comic about the problems with the -omics, illustrated by Matteo Farinella
It's time to stop excluding people with disabilities from science
You can be a great scientist without being able to carry a 50-pound backpack out of a cave