Category: Reporting
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The Great Mastodon Migration
With the impending downfall of Twitter (if you need it explained, I am jealous), people who have spent the last 16 years using the website as a source for entertainment and community have been scrambling to find a replacement. The one that has caught the eye of science and academic Twitter users is Mastodon—but is…
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What We Need to Learn From the Plastic Shortage
At the moment, everything made of plastic is on back order. Pipette tips, in particular, have served as an alarming indicator to the issues happening along the supply chain. No one event appears to be the cause; instead, a combination of the explosion in COVID-19 testing last year and a string of natural disasters produced…
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Have we #ShutDownSTEM?
2020 was a difficult year in many respects. The COVID-19 pandemic left millions isolated at home with a tenuous outlook for the future. Politics had become increasingly volatile. Then, around the world, people witnessed the senseless murder of George Floyd. Although this was not the first time that minoritized communities had been plagued by the…