Ruth Bader Ginsburg, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, died last week of cancer aged 87. Continue reading
Month: September 2020
Owning up
Science has struggled with contrition for a while, but the problem reflects a wider trend in society. Continue reading
Black Lives Matter – an interview with Professor Derek Applewhite
Derek Applewhite is an Associate Professor in the Biology Department at Reed College in Portland, Oregon (USA), and a longstanding advocate for Black/Indigenous/People of Colour (BIPOC) in academia. He joined TIR writer Brooke Morriswood and our first interviewee and discussion leader, Calvin Tiengwe, to continue the conversation about the BLM protests, racism in academia, and positive contributions that individual scientists can make. Continue reading