As a gender pay equity bill is taken up in the Massachusetts House, it is time to consider a question: Should your salary be contingent on your own talents and work ethic — or on what the lazy employee in a roughly similar position makes?
Although House bill 1733 is couched in the language of pay equity and transparency, it raises this very question. The bill, a version of which was passed unanimously by the Massachusetts Senate, would set up guidelines for courts to adjudicate allegations of gender pay discrimination and make it illegal to punish employees who publicly share their salary information.
On July 18, scientists from New England and around the globe will descend on the University of Oxford in England to discuss the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope's Dark Energy Science Collaboration. Participants will explore the latest findings on fascinating topics ranging from the mysterious dark energy that is driving the expansion of the Universe, to the potentially hazardous asteroids that may one day impact the Earth.
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, or LSST, is a brand new astronomical research facility comprising a massive telescope, camera, and data management system. The goal of the LSST project is to conduct a 10-year survey of the sky to address some of the most pressing questions about the structure and evolution of the universe, and the objects within it.
