‘Grievance studies’ hoax: fair cop or a chilling con?
Tricksters say they wanted to expose overly politicised research, but scholars are concerned about the motivation behind the sting
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Tricksters say they wanted to expose overly politicised research, but scholars are concerned about the motivation behind the sting
Over the past few years, the idea of science-based targets — simply put, goals that commit companies to address their fair share of climate pollution and align with the goals of the Paris Agreement — gradually has taken off.
After a complaint from a group that tracks what it sees as violations of the separation of church and state, prompted Dixie State Inn, a hotel associated with the state-owned southern Utah university, to remove all copies of the Bible and the Book of Mormon from guest rooms.
Editors of book series stop publishing with Springer Nature to protest its acquiescence to Chinese government censorship demands.
Colorado State University advises students to use yellow emojis when addressing "diverse audiences" and to avoid using gendered emojis.
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More Democrat candidates than ever running on some kind of free college plan, but there are splits within party
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Historians join political scientists in documenting the unprofessional and illegal behavior women experience at annual gatherings.
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