Tag: social justice
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Our Vanishing Sky
For the “Nature” print issue of The Nib, Maki Naro and I pointed out that space is a natural resource that should not be hogged or polluted. Our comic is now available for free on the Nib website! [ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep…
Matthew R. Francis
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Space is for everyone, except if you don’t fit the gender binary
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] NASA’s Embarrassing Pronouns Fumble Employees are frustrated and mad that a pilot program meant to foster inclusivity was abruptly ended. for Slate: The gesture from the leadership at NASA’s…
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Can the Nobel Prize be fixed?
Yesterday, the 2019 Nobel Prizes were awarded, but the lack of women science laureates was both predictable and conspicuous. As I point out in my new comic with Maki Naro for Vox, only 19 women have won Nobels in chemistry, medicine/physiology, and physics out of 607 total awardees — a far lower rate than the…
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Albert Einstein: Physicist and Social Justice Warrior
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] How Albert Einstein Used His Fame to Denounce American Racism The world-renowned physicist was never one to just stick to the science For Smithsonian Magazine: By the spring of…
Matthew R. Francis
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Does thinking we live in a simulation say bad things about 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’m obviously a science writer by profession. However, I’m also a lifelong comics fan, starting from reading Peanuts before I got the jokes, continuing through He-Man and the Masters of…
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