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Video Game Players Avoid Gay Characters
A study of gamer behavior finds they shy away from gay characters, regardless of their strengths
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Health Care
People of Color with Long COVID Face Uphill Battle to Be Heard
Medical discrimination and a lack of data make it difficult for people of color to get help for post-COVID problems
Privacy
How Census Data Put Trans Children at Risk
The Census Bureau must improve its data anonymization methods to protect vulnerable groups
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A Playbook for Science Denial, ‘Scientific Phallocracy’ in the Animal Kingdom, and More
Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American
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Female CEOs Change How Firms Talk about Women
Appointing women to leadership positions renders organizations more likely to describe all women as being powerful, persistent and bold.
Inequality
Suicides among Black People May Be Vastly Undercounted
Lack of data explains why
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Sexuality, Gender and Justice
This Pride Month discover the science supporting equality and antidiscrimination
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Anti-Trans Laws Will Have a Chilling Effect on Medicine
I am a future psychiatrist hoping to care for transgender people. But I fear these laws will make it difficult to do so
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Women Are Creating a New Culture for Astronomy
A new generation of scientists are challenging the biased, hierarchical status quo
Policy
The Controversial China Initiative Is Ending, and Researchers Are Relieved
The U.S. Department of Justice announced major changes to the espionage-protection program, but scientists hope for further acknowledgment of the damage done
Mathematics
New Math Research Group Reflects a Schism in the Field
Critics accuse the organization of opposing efforts to stamp out inequity
Diversity
Lost Women of Science Podcast, Bonus Episode: The Resignation
We investigate the curious, charged circumstances surrounding the resignation of the director of pediatrics at Columbia University’s Babies Hospital and one pathologist at the center of it all: Dorothy Andersen...
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Once Shunned in Antarctica, Female Scientists Are Now Doing Crucial Polar Research
Women are investigating critical climate crisis problems such as the stability of giant ice sheets
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Lost Women of Science, Episode 4: Breakfast in the Snow
In our final episode, we explore pathologist Dorothy Andersen’s legacy—what she left behind and how her work has lived on since her death. Describing her mentor’s influence on her life and career, pediatrician Celia Ores gives us a rare look into what Andersen was really like...
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This Engineer, Actor and Science Communicator Is Giving Science Its Rap
Maynard Okereke is using his distinctive voice to fight the lack of minority representation in STEM
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Lost Women of Science, Episode 2: The Matilda Effect
A passionate outdoorswoman, a “rugged individualist” and a bit of an enigma—the few traces Dorothy Andersen left behind give us glimpses into who she was. In this episode, we track down people determined to stitch together her life...
History
Listen to This New Podcast: The Lost Women of Science
A new podcast is on a mission to retrieve unsung female scientists from oblivion.
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The Lost Women of Science, Episode 1: The Question Mark
When physician and pathologist Dorothy Andersen confronted a slew of confounding infant deaths, she suspected the accepted diagnosis wasn’t right. Her medical sleuthing led to the world’s understanding of cystic fibrosis, a disease that affects the lungs, the pancreas and a host of other organs...
Space Exploration
Disabled Astronauts Blaze New Space Trails
Efforts are underway to make space missions more accessible
Sociology
Confronting the Political Determinants of Gun Violence
Addressing health inequities in the U.S. requires social and historical context
