50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: July 2020  

For Scientific Institutions, Racial Reconciliation Requires Reparations

Share this on WhatsApp Amidst protests and conversations on racism following several instances of police violence, scientific institutions are reevaluating their approach to dealing with anti-Black racism—extant, historical or symbolic. For example, on Wednesday, June 10, a large segment of the scientific community (and the staffs of prominent journals) participated in a strike, where the […]

Mexico Caves Reveal Ancient Ocher Mining

Share this on WhatsApp Sometimes discoveries seem so simple. “You know, basically, we found a bunch of holes in the ground.”   That’s Eduard Reinhardt. He’s an archaeologist and geologist at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. “But ultimately, very important holes in the ground.” Reinhardt and colleagues believe they’ve found some of the first clear evidence […]

Trump vs. Biden: How COVID-19 Will Affect Voting for President

Share this on WhatsApp In late April Democrat Kweisi Mfume of Maryland won a special election for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in a landslide victory against his Republican rival. More remarkable than his win, which garnered three quarters of the vote, however, was that more than 110,000 Baltimoreans in the district […]