Tag: politics
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Abortion, police brutality, and the responsibility of a journalist
Why am I — science writer who mostly specializes in physics, astronomy, and a bit of math — writing an opinion piece about tear gas and abortion for Scientific American? After all, not only is this not my usual wheelhouse, I’m a cisgender man who will never be pregnant (and who never intends on getting […]
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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 […]