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Contributing editor + writer with Science based in Shanghai. Author of UNNATURAL SELECTION, on what happens when men hugely outnumber women. (All views mine.)
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Scientists: impact factors "warp the way that research is conducted," especially in India & China @ScienceInsider - news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider…
In 'Insurrection,' Scientists, Editors Call for Abandoning Journal Impact Factors
news.sciencemag.org — Credit: The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment More than 150 prominent scientists and 75 scientific groups from around the world today took a stand against using impact factors, a measure of how often a journal is cited, to gauge the quality of an individual's work.
@mauracunningham @annagreenspan (That photo somehow manages to make the Oriental Pearl Tower look unhideous.)
@mauracunningham @annagreenspan Congrats! I like the cover.
@melodyawilson @IRPChirps Definitely an important issue there, as in a growing number of other countries. Hope you have a good discussion.
.@SCMP_News has live updates from the petrochemical plant protests happening in Kunming scmp.com/news/china/art…
Live updates: Hundreds in Kunming protest petrochemical plant
scmp.com — Hundreds have gathered outside government offices on Thursday morning to protest against plans for a petrochemical plant, in the second major public display against the project. The Post's Li Jing reports from the scene.
The politics of gene patenting behind Angelina Jolie's mastectomy psmag.com/health/who-get… Also see aclu.org/blog/tag/gene-… h/t @medskep
Who Gets to Control Women's Bodies?
psmag.com — We've always had much to be thankful for in regard to Angelina Jolie's body parts, but never more so than when they go missing. Breast cancer has many high-profile activists, but the BRCA genes themselves? Not so much. These genes are vital tumor suppressors when they work correctly.
Only thing missing here is the dark glasses. 'From Russia, With Wig: American Spy Suspect Is Ejected' nyti.ms/15IX3tt
@melodyawilson @justonemorepage Thanks for selecting my book!
Human Rights Watch: China's abuses against sex workers include coercive HIV testing hrw.org/news/2013/05/1… h/t @pjmooney
China: End Violence Against Sex Workers
hrw.org — (Hong Kong) - China's punitive laws and policing practices against sex workers are leading to serious abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report published today. These abuses include police violence, arbitrary detention of up to two years in "re-education through labor" and "custody and education" centers, and coercive HIV testing.
China introduces massive screening program to combat a fatal genetic blood disorder, by me sciencemag.org/content/340/61… (pw)
China Heads Off Deadly Blood Disorder
sciencemag.org — Worldwide, an estimated 63,000 children a year are born with ß-thalassemia, most of them in Southeast Asia and the Mediterranean. The exact number of cases in China is not known, but it is clear that the disease strains health resources.Sign up to discover more journalists who cover Science, World and more.
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