This year’s political attacks on tenure in the US have revived a discussion about pros and cons of this academic tradition. Although freedom job security it promises are invaluable to professors, some academia say system can be abused that universities should consider alternative forms tenure. Adrianne Rosales, an assistant professor chemical engineering at University Texas Austin, is up for pr...

Three words—forecast, projection, and prediction—in scientific terms are similar, but they have distinct implications in specific contexts. I find it concerning when read research papers, announcements by government agencies modelers, or popular science coverage that use the incorrectly. Such misuse may cause misinterpretations. And worst-case scenario, correct meanings be dismissed incorrect e...