Encounters With Giant Sharks In The Arctic
It was one of these extremely rare days of calms seas far north in the world. When visiting the Arctic coasts of Norway, I often joke and say that the climate here is the same all year around, low…
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In France, Gender Bias Holds Back Female Scientists
In America, more women than men receive Ph.D.s and at the faculty level are not 2:1 more likely to be offered a job. Not so in France. Only 35 percent of researchers at the French National Centre for…
Cancer Is The Leading Cause Of Death In High-Income Countries, And That's A Public Health Win
Two statistical analyses looked at common disease incidence, hospitalization and death, plus modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in middle-aged adults across 21 High-Income, Middle-Income, and Low…
Female Physicians At Public Medical Schools Paid An Average Of 8 Percent Less Than Males
In what is probably the largest study of salary differences between male and female medical school faculty members, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (…