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Pourquoi combattre le réchauffement climatique nécessite aussi de combattre la misogynoir
Cara Doumbe Kingue
  • 5 days ago
  • 8 min

Pourquoi combattre le réchauffement climatique nécessite aussi de combattre la misogynoir

Les femmes noires ont en même temps le « malheur » d’être des femmes et de ne pas assez l’être parce qu’elles sont noires.
Fighting Climate Change Is Also About Fighting Misogynoir
Cara Doumbe Kingue
  • 5 days ago
  • 7 min

Fighting Climate Change Is Also About Fighting Misogynoir

If Black women have some of the keys to tackling this crisis, then we need to make sure that they are rightfully considered in society.
To See Caribou With Two Eyes
Jack Rabe
  • Feb 15
  • 10 min

To See Caribou With Two Eyes

Natural experiments, hypothesis testing, fiercely detailed observations — all are characteristic of both ways of knowing.
El verano que supe que podía ser escritora científica
Charlene Rivera Bonet
  • Nov 14, 2021
  • 6 min

El verano que supe que podía ser escritora científica

Aprendí a poner a la audiencia primero pensando en lo que ellos quieren leer, y no en lo que yo quiero escribir.
The Summer I Knew I Could Be a Science Writer
Charlene Rivera Bonet
  • Nov 14, 2021
  • 6 min

The Summer I Knew I Could Be a Science Writer

I learned to put the audience first by thinking about what they wanted or needed to read about, not what I wanted to write.
What I Learned (And Did Not Learn) From Genetic Ancestry Tests
Cydney Wong
  • Nov 8, 2021
  • 6 min

What I Learned (And Did Not Learn) From Genetic Ancestry Tests

Nothing could give me a satisfying, one-word answer to the “what are you” question.
Two Black Women in the U.S. Earn a Physics Ph.D. Every Year. Can Bridge Programs Really Fix That?
Katrina Miller
  • Oct 4, 2021
  • 8 min

Two Black Women in the U.S. Earn a Physics Ph.D. Every Year. Can Bridge Programs Really Fix That?

That’s because being a bridge student is nothing to be ashamed of; if there is shame, it lies only with the institution itself.
What Being Black Across the Diaspora Taught Me About Ecology
Kwasi Wrensford
  • Sep 17, 2021
  • 4 min

What Being Black Across the Diaspora Taught Me About Ecology

The inalienable fact of life being Black, as well as being an immigrant is building a home out of the unfamiliar.
Is Nigeria On a Sugar Rush?
Toluwalogo Niji-Olawepo
  • Jul 19, 2021
  • 7 min

Is Nigeria On a Sugar Rush?

At one point, it seemed as though almost every person above the age of forty was either a diabetic or a prediabetic.
My Role Model Taught Me How To Be a Strong Woman in Science
Burcin Ikiz
  • Feb 23, 2021
  • 4 min

My Role Model Taught Me How To Be a Strong Woman in Science

When I talk about the religion I feel culturally affiliated with, I hear an eerie silence.
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