Quickies: Discrimination in science, paying more to church-going foster parents, and inflammation treatment breakthrough

Amanda February 17, 2015

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Black and Latina women scientists sometimes mistaken for janitors – “…a new report on women of color in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, found that 100 percent of the 60 scientists interviewed reported experiencing bias and discrimination.
Here’s what it’s like for a woman to send a job rejection to a man – “And of course, there was one older, white, academic man who felt the need to tell us that we are, “imperious little girls,” and that “we are not superior to [him].””
Kansas lawmaker wants to pay more to church-going, home-schooling foster parents – “A Kansas lawmaker introduced a bill this week that would pay foster parents “substantially” more public money if they are a churchgoing “husband and wife team” who do not smoke or drink, do not send the child to public schools, and one of whom stays at home.” From Ray.
Treatment of Alzheimer’s, arthritis, and MS could be improved by new discovery – “Scientists at the University of Queensland worked with an international team to develop a molecule that fights one of the main causes of inflammatory diseases, a breakthrough researchers say could lead to safer and cheaper treatments.” From Jack99.