An anthropology professor, @Sciencing_Bi, posted on Twitter that she was Hopi, bisexual, and taught at Arizona State University. She said she grew up in Alabama and left “because of their oppression ...

A bizarre saga of events played out on social media over the weekend, embroiling much of the close-knit world of scientists, academics, and researchers on Twitter. It started with accusations that ...

One morning in January this year, marine scientist Terry Hughes opened X (formerly Twitter) and searched for tweets about the Great Barrier Reef. "I keep an eye on what's being tweeted about the reef ...

Question: What does slime mold have in common with hip-hop superstar MC Hammer? Answer: University of California, Berkeley, biologist Michael Eisen is a big fan of both. Which is why Eisen thought it ...

University of Washington computer science professor emeritus Pedro Domingos. (UW Photo) The University of Washington computer science department denounced comments made online by a retired professor ...

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The gag orders on government scientists have pushed a number of official Twitter accounts to go rogue, tweeting pro-science and anti-Trump information in defiance of the ban. Every day a new account ...

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