Stories by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a theoretical physicist. She is an assistant professor of physics and a core faculty member in women's and gender studies at the University of New Hampshire. She is author of The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred (Bold Type Books, 2021). Credit: Nick Higgins

Astrophysics

Are Telescopes the Only Way to Find Dark Matter?

If the invisible matter does not appear in experiments or particle colliders, we may have to find it in space

April 4, 2022 — Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Policy

Science Shouldn’t Come at the Expense of Black Lives

We must say no to science that exploits people

June 4, 2021 — Davi Pereira Junior and Chanda Prescod-Weinstein | Opinion

Policy

The James Webb Space Telescope Needs to Be Renamed

The successor to the Hubble currently honors a man who acquiesced to homophobic government policies during the 1950s and 1960s

March 1, 2021 — Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Sarah Tuttle, Lucianne Walkowicz and Brian Nord | Opinion

Policy

Sexual Misconduct Allegations against Neil deGrasse Tyson Reveal the Complexity of Academic Inequality

Accusations that the astrophysicist harassed women remind us that racial and gender bias continue to harm science and scientists

December 7, 2018 — Chanda Prescod-Weinstein