In response to sexist comments from a male astronomer calling scientists “boys with toys”, twitter has ERUPTED with #GirlsWithToys. This is not the first time male scientists have been sexist, and it probably won’t be the last. Shrinivas Kulkarni, astronomer from … Continue reading
The ESA has truly made science history!!! Twitter and everyone else is celebrating the successful landing of Philae on Comet #67P from the Rosetta Spacecraft! ! Unfortunately, the ESA also made science history today for having poor and sexist garment … Continue reading
The internet blew up last week when Eric Lander published his historical perspective on CRISPR in Cell, titled: The Heroes of Crispr. Part of the controversy comes from the fact that Lander seems to downplay the contributions of others in … Continue reading
Check out the somewhat scathing correspondence from Rebecca Williams Jackson in Nature over Nature’s publication of remarks not the sexist remarks of Nobel Laureate Tim Hunt. Whether or not Hunt was joking and whether or not he apologized satisfactorily are … Continue reading
Sir Tim Hunt, currently under scrutiny for some sexist comments, has just resigned from his position at UCL. University College of London provides this update: UCL can confirm that Sir Tim Hunt FRS has today resigned from his position as … Continue reading
More sexist comments in the world of science (unfortunately this has been happening frequently). At the World Conference of Science Journalists this week, Nobel Laureate Tim Hunt is reported to have said, “Let me tell you about my trouble with … Continue reading
Inside Higher Ed has a perfect summary of the controversy concerning a recent advice column question and response dealing with sexism in the scientific workplace: Science, Not Sexism June 2, 2015 By Colleen Flaherty “His attention on your chest may be … Continue reading
CauseScience turns 1 today! Thanks to everyone whose visited, commented, re-tweeted, and liked our posts! Cheers! Here are some fun facts about our past year: Over 29,000 visitors to our site from over 100 different countries! Our most viewed and commented post: … Continue reading
NATURE this week feature a correspondence from Thomas E. DeCoursey reasoning against double-blind peer review. In my humble opinion his reasoning is flawed…. not unlike the current peer-review structure. To air out my laundry, I support a completely open or double-blind system … Continue reading
Science has a special issue this week with the first published data from the ESA Rosetta mission! Check out the introduction to the special issue with a great synopsis of the papers and the Rosetta mission science completed thus far. The … Continue reading
