Research by the University of Washington and the USPTO found that some simple interventions increased the probability that female inventors would get patents by 12%. For first-time applicants, that probability increased to 17%.| UW News
Since President Donald Trump assumed office in January, there has been a supernova of stories related to science, climate change and academic funding. Executive orders, staffing shake-ups, and sweeping policy reversals have kept science journalists working overtime to follow the facts. But beyond filing stories at record speed, some are also grappling with burnout, uncertainty and the emotional toll of covering a field under siege. How are journalists keeping up, doing their jobs well and sti...| Scienceline
This spring, Ashley, who wished to be referred to by their first name for privacy reasons, received an email that stopped them in their tracks. The National Science Foundation, or NSF, would no longer be supporting their work with its prestigious graduate student grant. The experiments they had planned for their master’s thesis, studying alligator and crocodile nesting behaviors in the Everglades, now seemed out of reach. “I just burst into tears,” they say. “Like, there goes graduate...| Scienceline
Fired scientists and funding cuts pose “an existential threat to the largest scientific endeavor in the world," researchers tell Scienceline.| Scienceline
The NOAA WPO Social Science Program (SSP) is excited to announce the SSP Data Forums, a two-part virtual forum series as part of its sustained efforts to support and expand data capabilities and collaboration across the social, behavioral, and economic sciences (SBES) extreme weather community.| NOAA Weather Program Office
The post WPO’s Social Science Program Releases StoryMap on March 2025 Severe Weather Outbreak appeared first on NOAA Weather Program Office.| NOAA Weather Program Office
By Kate Rich The eScience Staff Spotlight is a series featuring individual members of our team and their career journey. This week’s featured staff member is Senior Social Scientist Anissa Tanweer. From field site to workplace, eScience has come to serve many different roles for Anissa over the years. Being a qualitative interpretivist researcher at […]| eScience Institute
The post-conflict Balkan nation is disconnected from many public health efforts in Europe. Aptly, loneliness researchers are working to change that.| Scienceline
One big driver of this was the Disney Renaissance. This is well known — there are books about it — but the TLDR is that, for reasons beyond the scope of this blog post, Disney suddenly went from making mediocre animated films that nobody much cared about and that didn’t make much money (Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Fox And The Hound, The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective, Oliver And Company) to making animated films that were good to excellent, hugely successful, and in some ...| Crooked Timber
Matthew Bowman— Late in the night of September 19, 1961, Betty and Barney Hill were driving home on a lonely state road in central New Hampshire when they saw a... READ MORE| Yale University Press
Thomas Albert Howard— The year 2025 calls attention to the centenary of one of the former Soviet Union’s more curious institutions: the League of Atheism. Founded in 1925 and renamed... READ MORE| Yale University Press
Phubbing is a portmanteau of "phone" and "snubbing". It means snubbing people present with you for your phone. It has shown to negatively impact one's relationships.| ScienceABC
For Valentine's Day, UW News asked 12 University of Washington researchers to share their love stories: What made them decide to pursue their career paths?| UW News
Prohibition banned legal alcohol, creating a lucrative black market, which organized crime groups exploited, expanding their power.| ScienceABC
Cabo Verde is not a rich country. To have an idea, the minimum wage is €130 a month and a meal in a restaurant costs around €10. The IMF classifies Cabo Verde as a developing country.| Crooked Timber
Greenlandic attitudes toward foreign policy show support for more involvement internationally, but, the closer to home Nuuk looks to make its mark, the better, according to the second Nasiffik study of voters’ opinions about foreign policy.| arctichub.gl
With humanities and social sciences removed from the "blue-skies" research fund, many Māori-led research projects will no longer be funded. "Core" scientists have also voiced opposition to the move, despite the fact that most of them will see increased funding opportunities from it. The Science| www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
Humanities and social science funding has been cut from the Marsden Fund, the main fund for 'blue-skies' research in Aotearoa New Zealand. The areas that have been cut include research in subjects like nursing, law, and archaeology. The Science Media Centre asked experts to comment. Profe| www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
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The University of Washington, the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians and others held collaborative listening sessions with Northwest coastal Tribes to hear their experiences in adapting to climate...| UW News
Fifteen faculty members at the University of Washington have been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for 2024. They are among 36 scientists and educators from across the state...| UW News
From June 12 to June 14, the AMS 51st Conference on Broadcast Meteorology and Seventh Conference on Weather Warnings and Communication was held in Myrtle Beach, SC. This annual event gathered experts from various fields within the Weather Enterprise to discuss advancements in broadcast meteorology and effective weather communication. Researchers funded by WPO’s Science, Technology, and Society Division presented their findings, fostering a valuable exchange of insights between researchers a...| NOAA Weather Program Office
TEDxMileHigh speaker Steven Dunn knows the world can feel painfully hard. Here are tips on how to create moments of softness in your life.| TEDxMileHigh: Ideas Worth Spreading
In The History Manifesto, two historians, Jo Guldi of Brown and David Armitage of Harvard, urge their peers to turn away from microhistory and go back to doing Big History in the longue durée tradi…| pseudoerasmus
Why is psychology considered a social science? Which studies are in this field? Keep reading to find out.| SeedScientific
