Grad student unions dealt blow as proposed new rule says students aren’t ‘employees’ By Katie LanginSep. 20, 2019 The rule, if implemented, would hinder grad student unionization efforts at private U.S. universities
Top stories: Volcanic sunsets, a world without oil, and how our hearts evolved for endurance By Eva FrederickSep. 20, 2019 This week’s top Science news
What kind of researcher did sex offender Jeffrey Epstein like to fund? He told Science before he died By Jeffrey MervisSep. 19, 2019 Felon said he liked “rebels” and “rarefied air” in 2017 interview
Podcast: Cooling Earth with asteroid dust, and 3 billion missing birds By Sarah Crespi, Joshua SokolSep. 19, 2019 On this week’s show: How dust from an asteroid breakup might have triggered an ice age, and billions of North American birds have vanished
Kashmir’s communication blackout is a ‘devastating blow’ for academics, researchers say By Sanjay KumarSep. 19, 2019 All five universities remain closed and internet is disconnected in India’s only majority-Muslim state
New deals could help scientific societies survive open access By Jeffrey BrainardSep. 16, 2019 Pilot programs will test eliminating journal paywalls
Why the U.S. Census Bureau could have trouble complying with Trump’s order to count citizens By Jeffrey MervisSep. 16, 2019 Effort to using existing records faces both technical and political challenges
Top stories: Mountain-moving climate change, an oxygen-starved city, and rats playing hide-and-seek By Eva FrederickSep. 13, 2019 This week’s top Science news
Podcast: Studying human health at 5100 meters, and playing hide and seek with rats By Sarah Crespi, Martin EnserinkSep. 12, 2019 On this week’s show: We hear about a gold mining town more than 5 kilometers above sea level, and learn why studying play behavior is important
Clubby and ‘disturbing’ citation behavior by researchers in Italy has surged By Giorgia GuglielmiSep. 11, 2019 National policy may have incentivized researchers to excessively cite themselves and their compatriots