New “Game Of Thrones” Lesbian Power Couple Or New Dead Lesbian: A Special Scientific Investigation
Game of Thrones returns on Sunday, and from the looks of things, it’s going to be a delightful time for us all.
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: Dumpster Honey and Tricky Nature Documentaries
Making wine in space, modern medicine doesn’t take women seriously, a solar eclipse is coming up soon and so many more links!
Notes From A Queer Engineer: 5 Facts About Rainbows
Where to look for a “glory” and other small joys.
Climate Change is a Problem Much Bigger Than the US — Here’s How All of Us Can Fight It
The Trump administration’s battle against environmental regulations and denial of climate change are terrifying, but the US isn’t the only nation that needs to do better by the planet, and fast. A scientist tells us what needs to be done, and where we can start.
Photoessay: SCIENCE IS AWESOME
On Earth Day, we marched for Science. We marched for space exploration and cures for disease, for electricity and for the planet, and for everything that science has a hand in which is, well, everything.
The Science March Is this Week; Let’s Unite to End Run Trump’s Awful Budget
President Trump doesn’t set the budget; Congress does. And all 435 seats in the House and 34 out of 100 seats in the Senate will be up for midterm elections next year.
Pompeii, the “Two Maidens,” and Thousands of Years of Precarious Masculinity
New evidence that the famous “two maidens” of Pompeii may have been male — but does that actually mean, as some have suggested, that they were a gay couple?
15 Snacks You Can Eat As You Stare Dead-Eyed At The Person Who Says They Don’t Know Why It Always Has To Be A Gay Thing
There is something about someone sitting across from you in dead silence without giving you the encouragement of a “right” or “mm-hmm” that makes people’s brain scramble for more words, and just like in the essay portion of a test, the more you talk the more apparent it becomes that you have no idea what you’re even saying.
Top Five Places I’d Rather Be Right Now
“Yes, that’s right. This is literally the farthest place away from Earth that we know of. Pack your bags.”
Ladies, You Can Do Numbers Almost As Good As Men With The Help Of Math Brain
This ’80s-style STEM PSA reminds us the patriarchy’s been lying to us and fueling our self-doubt our whole lives and sometimes we need to smash that shit with a hammer.
Notes From A Queer Engineer: Lady Scientists, Yelling Whales, and More
Did you know that the pioneer of graphic adventure games was a woman?
Notes from a Queer Engineer: Science Has Always Been Political
The danger of talking about science as a series of value-neutral truths is that it obscures the human decision making that took place at every stage along the way, as institutions were built up. It implies that the biases held by those decision makers are shared by everyone, and are therefore insignificant.
Notes From A Queer Engineer: Artificial Meat, Post-Truth and Committing to Curiosity
Let’s contemplate gender diversity in Star Trek together. Also: have you considered running for political office?
17 Science Gifs To Give You Peace, Give You Strength
We will take down white supremacy like sulphuric acid on toilet paper.
Notes From A Queer Engineer: What’s the Most Effective Gun Control Strategy?
If we allow gun violence to continue blighting communities of color, we have failed. But if we enact gun control measures that aid the police state in criminalizing Black and brown bodies, we have also failed.
Notes From A Queer Engineer Recommends “Lab Girl”
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren is one of the most exquisite pieces of science writing I’ve ever read. As a researcher and professor of geobiology for the past 20 years, Jahren has earned accolades for her work. Here, she shares her passion.
Gorillas In The Mist: Rwandan Gorillas Discovered Lesbianing With Each Other
For the first time in recorded history, wild female gorillas were observed engaging in a series of lesbian sex acts including but not limited to “genital rubbing,” “mating calls” and the classic “making out for male attention.”
Notes From A Queer Engineer: STEM Link Roundup
Bacteria paintings, bravery vs. perfection, and drag depictions of famous scientists singing that song from Wicked that they did on Glee.
5 Cooking Tips From A Former Kitchen Gadget Engineer
Working for four and a half years in the quality department at a kitchen gadget company has left me with some strong opinions about proper cooking prep.
Nergis Mavalvala and Five Exceptional Stories Of Women In STEM
Want to be inspired? Check out these stories on Nergis Mavalvala, Katherine G. Johnson, Chien-Shiung Wu, Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker, and Emmy Noether.