politics

Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent? Let’s Sleep on It

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The U.S. Senate has passed Florida Senator Marco Rubio’s bill to make daylight saving time (DST) permanent across the country, which would end the practice of turning clocks forward in spring and back in autumn. For the Sunshine Protection Act to become law, the House of Representatives would need to approve it, and President Joe … Read more

What myths of warrior women tell us about identity and gender politics

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From Amazon warriors to pugilistic matriarchs, stories of female fighters abound. Where do they come from and what can they tell us about gender equality, past, present and future, asks Laura Spinney Humans | Columnist 9 February 2022 By Laura Spinney Adam Eastland Art + Architecture/Alamy Source: www.alamy.com THERE can be few myths as ingrained … Read more

Richard Leakey’s Legacy in Science, Conservation and Politics

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Richard Leakey, paleoanthropologist, conservationist and Kenyan political leader, died January 2 at his home near Nairobi. His expeditions discovered hundreds of hominin fossils, leading Fred Spoor, a paleoanthropologist at the Natural History Museum in London to tell me his findings were “a most extensive and diverse fossil record of early human evolution.” Other scientists, conservationists, … Read more

‘I won’t miss the nasty politics.’ Francis Collins reflects on his tenure at NIH | Science

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Francis Collins ended his 12 years as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on a high note last week, rushing to interviews and being showered with fond tributes from former presidents and even cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Collins, an affable, guitar-playing, motorcycle-riding geneticist and physician, steered the $43 billion agency through three administrations, won … Read more