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Astronomers await verdict in defamation case after protesting hire of accused harasser
A high-profile sexual harassment case 7 years ago in California is now reverberating in Europe, with implications for those who speak out against the unsavory academic practice of “passing the harasser.”
In February 2018, two astrophysicists at the University of Helsinki, Syksy Räsänen and Till Sawala, spearheaded an open letter from more than 70 Finnish astronomers and...
Colorful frogs downed by disease are making a surprising comeback
No bigger than a strawberry and often more colorful, harlequin frogs suffered greatly as a rapidly spreading fungus killed amphibians around the world over the past several decades. More than 70 of the 94 named species in this charismatic group seemingly disappeared from their South and Central American homes by 2010, and researchers feared they had gone extinct. So, Juan Manuel...