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Opinion: Biological Science Rejects the Sex Binary, and That’s Good for Humanity
Agustín Fuentes | May 12, 2022 | 5 min read
Evidence from various sciences reveals that there are diverse ways of being male, female, or both. An anthropologist argues that embracing these truths will help humans flourish.
The Promise of Scientific Partnerships with People on the Spectrum
Laura Dattaro, Spectrum | Jan 18, 2021 | 10+ min read
Five collaborations involving autistic scientists and experts are advancing autism research, from lending support for theories of the condition to shoring up trials of new treatments.
Industry Becomes More Hospitable To The Scientist As New Mother
Ricki Lewis | Jan 8, 1995 | 6 min read
The challenge of successfully combining the demands of family and career may be easing for women scientists in industry. With increasing numbers of women opting to work in private- sector research laboratories--and in the wake of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993--many firms have revamped maternity-leave policies to better accommodate new parenthood and the transition back to work. The recently enacted federal law ensures workers in companies with 50 or more employees 12 weeks of unpaid,
A Space for Children
Kerry Grens | Aug 1, 2007 | 6 min read
Industry knows that onsite childcare is good for retention. Is academia starting to catch on?
Balancing Academic Research And Motherhood Is A Precarious Task
Ricki Lewis | Sep 17, 1995 | 6 min read
Precarious Task Author: Ricki Lewis In the days of TV's June Cleaver -- stay-at-home-mom extraordinaire -- the idea of the female parent spending hours each day lecturing undergraduates or directing laboratory research bordered on absurd. Women were rare among the ranks of academic scientists, and those who were also mothers rarer still. Today women are prominent players in the academic life sciences, and many are mothers, too. Like their counterparts in industry (R. Lewis, The Scientist, Jan.
U.S. Research Universities Now Confront Fateful Choices
Linda Wilson | Mar 15, 1992 | 5 min read
Wilson: Different Players Are Joining The Game Editor's Note: An article in The Scientist's Jan. 20, 1992, issue ("Radcliffe President Lambastes Competitiveness In Research," page 3), conveyed the views of Radcliffe College president Linda Wilson on the subject of scientific competitiveness. Wilson, a chemist and former vice president of research at the University of Michigan, had made her case during the course of a National Academy of Sciences meeting on the future of the United States resea

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