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www.thenation.com The Fall of “Scientific American” When the Trump administration objected to the magazine's political coverage, its corporate owners stepped in. Now its future is uncertain. Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69. trib.al/3bBswKgView quoted post on X
www.chronicle.com The Harvard Anthropologist Who’s Skewering His Own Field Joseph Henrich, an author of a divisive report about politicization in the humanities, says, “I knew it wasn’t going to make everyone happy.” 
www.chronicle.com Sally Hemings’s Oldest Descendant Gave the Smithsonian Her DNA. She Says It Lost Her Trust. On the eve of a new book that promises to settle the debate about Thomas Jefferson, a Hemings relative is raising alarms that its science hasn’t been vetted. 
www.chronicle.com Another Retraction Deepens Scrutiny of Behavioral-Economics Star Dan Ariely New findings by the blog Data Colada prompted the retraction of a 2002 study. It’s the latest in a series of scandals that have dogged the famous Duke University professor. 
