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True gender parity is when institutions consider women as assets rather than it being just a diversity rectification issue

A psychiatrist who helped fellow Cambodians recover from trauma resulting from the Khmer Rouge’s genocidal rule and a Japanese ophthalmologist who led an effort to treat thousands of Vietnamese villagers are among those selected for this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Awards, regarded as Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize

Before Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower in perpetual antagonism to the United States

Last week, the United States announced an updated policy guidance on open access that will substantially expand public access to science not just in America, but worldwide.

The writer’s intriguing, uneven novel follows an academic as he meanders through the streets of the city and in and out of reality

As her new book on the origins of the universe is published, the Albanian-American scientist explains how her work on multiverse theory influenced Stephen Hawking

Richard Thaler is the 2017 recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to behavioral economics. Thaler researches decision-making psychology, which bridges the gap between economics and psychology, as well as behavioral finance and economics.

The 64-page ‘prose narrative’ Marigold and Rose: A Fiction – about twins in the first year of life – will be published in October

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