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NSF launches new sexual assault crisis helpline for research community

NSF launches new sexual assault crisis helpline for research community The U.S. National Science Foundation today launched a 24/7 crisis intervention helpline for members of the NSF research community who have experienced sexual assault, sexual harassment, or stalking. The NSF Safer Science Helpline is an anonymous and… Read more at nsf.gov

Mountain building linked to major extinction event half a billion years ago

Mountain building linked to major extinction event half a billion years ago
As life on Earth rapidly expanded a little over 500 million years ago during the "Cambrian explosion," Earth had tectonic plates slowly crashing into each other, building mountains and starting a series of unfortunate events that led to a mass…

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