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Confronting sexism in the world of science communication

Posted at 21 Oct 2013 10:47h in Science communications by Amanda 0 Comments

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Beginning in October 2013, the science communications community has been dealing with issues of personal behaviour, inherent misogyny, betrayal, speaking out, doubt and professional worth. Much has been written, tweeted and posted; the paragraphs below are an attempt to collect the resources together for future...

The chimaera with the wheel of teeth

Posted at 01 Mar 2013 09:30h in Science news by Jakob 0 Comments

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This is a majorly cool piece by Becky Crew on the Scientific American blog network. It details the slow, incremental progress toward a scientific consensus on a truly weird anatomical feature exhibited by some prehistoric chimaeras (fish that share a relatively recent common ancestor with the...