The adviser, Eric S. Lander, had apologized for his workplace conduct. The president had pledged to immediately fire any official who acted that way toward colleagues.
A General Motors scientist who did pioneering research on climate change in the 1960s faced pervasive sexism by male colleagues who largely dismissed her work.
Officials for the world's largest Arctic research mission instructed women to avoid wearing tight-fitting clothing on board a Russian ship. The episode reinforces long-standing sexism within the science community.
Foote’s ingenious experiment more than 150 years ago yielded a remarkable discovery that could have helped shape modern climate science had she not been overshadowed.
Teen activist Greta Thunberg said Saturday that local weather improve critics are getting “desperate" right after a cartoon depicting her being sexually assaulted was printed on bumper stickers in Canada.
