Artificial intelligence predicts patients’ race from their medical images

Study shows AI can identify self-reported race from medical images that contain no indications of race detectable by human experts.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
May 20, 2022 ~9 min

Online data could be used against people seeking abortions if Roe v. Wade falls

Data privacy is an abstract issue for most people, even though virtually everyone is at risk. If abortion becomes illegal, digital surveillance could take an even darker turn.

Nora McDonald, Assistant Professor of Information Technology, University of Cincinnati • conversation
May 16, 2022 ~8 min


Expert: Anti-choice movement used suffrage strategy

To hinder abortion rights, the anti-choice movement has taken its playbook from the women's suffrage movement, says political scientist Dawn Teele.

Amy Lunday-JHU • futurity
May 11, 2022 ~7 min

Expert: Anti-choice movement used suffrage strategy

To hinder abortion rights, the anti-choice movement has taken its playbook from the women's suffrage movement, says political scientist Dawn Teele.

Amy Lunday-JHU • futurity
May 11, 2022 ~7 min

Transport apps are being hailed as a sustainable alternative to driving: but they're not female-friendly

Research shows apps designed to make journeys more environmentally friendly aren’t considering women’s transport needs.

Maurizio Catulli, Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Innovation, University of Hertfordshire • conversation
April 28, 2022 ~7 min

Newer treatment for domestic abusers shows promise

New research compares two treatment programs for men convicted of domestic violence. The newer model, ACTV, performed better.

Rachel Cramer-Iowa State • futurity
April 27, 2022 ~9 min

27% of women face intimate partner violence before 50

More than one in four women experience intimate partner violence before the age of 50, according to a worldwide analysis.

Shirley Cardenas-McGill • futurity
April 12, 2022 ~4 min

Fishing, strip clubs and golf: How male-focused networking in medicine blocks female colleagues from top jobs

By surveying over 100 people in academic medicine, a researcher found that women are consistently excluded from important networking activities like watching sports, drinking at bars and playing golf.

Jennifer R. Grandis, Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco • conversation
April 8, 2022 ~9 min


In practice, the word ‘person’ isn’t gender neutral

"People" and "person" are gender neutral words according to their definitions, but not in the way we actually use them.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
April 7, 2022 ~7 min

Job seekers will sacrifice money for diversity at work

A significant number of job applicants will sacrifice salary to work somewhere with greater diversity, research finds.

Stanford • futurity
April 7, 2022 ~9 min

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