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Amid protests against racism, scientists move to strip offensive names from journals, prizes and more

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Amid protests against racism, scientists move to strip offensive names from journals, prizes and more Science For Earyn McGee, terminology matters. McGee, a herpetologist, studies the habitat and behavior of Yarrow’s spiny lizard, a reptile native to the southwestern United States. The University of Arizona graduate student and her colleagues regularly pack their things — boots, pens, notebooks, trail mix — and set off into the nearby Chiricahua Mountains. At their field site, they start an activity with a name that evokes a racist past: noosing. READ MORE

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