Tag: diversity in science
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Thinking scientists are smarter than other people hurts us
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] I’ve started contributing to the Forbes Science page again! This is my second new contribution; stay tuned for plenty more. (And if I can be shameless: Forbes pays according…
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The many challenges to science in the Age of Trump
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Science is Political Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. One of the big problems with privilege is the way it insulates the privileged from issues that are blatantly obvious to…
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A tribute to a great African-American planetary scientist
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Meet Claudia Alexander, NASA Badass Who Never Got Her Due In a field dominated by white men, Claudia Alexander was a pioneer For The Daily Beast: Comet 67P/Churyumov—Gerasimenko is…