Автор: Ekaterina Geis
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“To Claim That White Men Have No Privileges At All Is Modest Racism.” Dmitry Dubrovsky on the Assault on DEI, Inequality in Academia, and the Culture of Consequences
The DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) policy and Trump’s actions to eliminate such initiatives are sparking heated debates among scholars. Some see DEI principles as the politicization of science, a form of censorship, and a violation of meritocracy. Others strongly disagree. T-invariant spoke with sociologist and historian Dmitry Dubrovsky about how DEI mechanisms worked in…
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We Recognize Marxism in Modern Ideologies.” Professor Anna Krylov — on the Harm of DEI, the Dangers of Censorship, Trump’s Reforms, and Cancel Culture
November 15–16, 2025, in New Jersey, the Gamow Prize ceremony, established by RASA, will take place. One of this year’s laureates is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Southern California, Anna Krylov. In October, she announced a boycott of the Nature Publishing Group, refusing to peer-review a manuscript for the journal Nature Communications —…
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No Mosquito in the Ointment: How Russia Doomed a Vital Scientific Initiative in Africa
In August 2025, the promising Target Malaria project aimed at combating malaria using modified mosquitoes was abruptly shut down in Burkina Faso. The country’s government sealed the laboratories, destroyed the insects, and sprayed insecticides, labeling the experiment a threat to sovereignty. Many scientists from around the world called this decision a catastrophe: gene drive technology…