Men are more likely than women to flirt at work for personal gain

New research debunks stereotypes about who flirts at work and why. It turns out, low-power men are most likely to flirt for personal gain on the job.

UC Berkeley • futurity
Sept. 14, 2022 ~12 min

Internet data produce a racist, sexist robot

The internet is notoriously full of inaccurate and overtly biased content. A robot trained on that data ends up racist and sexist, report researchers.

Jill Rosen-Johns Hopkins • futurity
June 21, 2022 ~6 min


Internet data produce a racist, sexist robot

The internet is notoriously full of inaccurate and overtly biased content. A robot trained on that data ends up racist and sexist, report researchers.

Jill Rosen-Johns Hopkins • futurity
June 21, 2022 ~6 min

We mimic the accent we think we’ll hear

People imitate accent features they believe they'll hear, even before the person they're speaking to has said a word, research confirms.

Michele Berger-Penn • futurity
April 12, 2022 ~7 min

Workplace discrimination differs by religion

Two-thirds of Muslims, half of Jews, and more than a third of evangelical Protestant Christians experience workplace discrimination, research finds.

Amy McCaig-Rice University • futurity
March 15, 2022 ~5 min

Encyclopedia traces decades of Blackness on TV

A new encyclopedia explores representations of people of color in American television. Co-editor Stephanie Troutman Robbins discusses Blackness on TV here.

Lori Harwood-Arizona • futurity
March 4, 2022 ~8 min

Gender bias lingers in these Google image searches

A Google image search for a job title like "CEO" might show more women than in the past, but what if you add a location?

Sarah McQuate-Washington • futurity
Feb. 24, 2022 ~8 min

Pregnancy apps and online spaces fail to support individuals grieving a pregnancy loss – here's what to do about it

New research shows technologies like pregnancy apps do not account for pregnancy loss 72% of the time, causing real harm to users.

Nazanin Andalibi, Assistant Professor of Information, University of Michigan • conversation
Dec. 3, 2021 ~6 min


Little kids don’t believe girls like computer science and engineering

Kids as young as 6 develop ideas that girls aren't interested in computer science and engineering. The stereotypes could add to the gap in STEM careers.

Kim Eckart-Washington • futurity
Nov. 24, 2021 ~7 min

Competition drives the gender pay gap? Maybe not

New research investigates the theory that women aren't as competitive as men, and that this contributes to the gender wage gap.

Kyle Mittan-U. Arizona • futurity
Nov. 3, 2021 ~8 min

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