Grad student unions dealt blow as proposed new rule says students aren’t ‘employees’
The rule, if implemented, would hinder grad student unionization efforts at private U.S. universities
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Podcast: Cooling Earth with asteroid dust, and 3 billion missing birds
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Kashmir’s communication blackout is a ‘devastating blow’ for academics, researchers say
All five universities remain closed and internet is disconnected in India’s only majority-Muslim state -
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New deals could help scientific societies survive open access
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Why the U.S. Census Bureau could have trouble complying with Trump’s order to count citizens
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Clubby and ‘disturbing’ citation behavior by researchers in Italy has surged
National policy may have incentivized researchers to excessively cite themselves and their compatriots
