Too few women get to invent – that's a problem for women's health
Boosting the number of female inventors isn't just a matter of fairness. Inventions by men are more likely to ignore women's needs.
June 17, 2021 • ~8 min
Boosting the number of female inventors isn't just a matter of fairness. Inventions by men are more likely to ignore women's needs.
Evidence shows that many Black Americans experience police killings of unarmed Black people – even those they do not know – as traumatic events, causing acute physical and emotional distress.
One university is showing how the vaccine corps concept can speed up vaccination rates, including launching a large-scale vaccination site staffed by hundreds of students and volunteers.
One university is showing how the vaccine corps concept can speed up vaccination rates, including launching a large-scale vaccination site staffed by hundreds of students and volunteers.
The US environmental justice movement dates back to the early 1980s, but federal support for it has been weak and inconsistent. Here are four things Biden's EPA can do to improve that record.
White people are often defensive when they're called out for these subtle snubs and insults. But researchers have found that microaggressions correlate with racial bias.
Working from home has become the new norm for many during the pandemic. But it's an opportunity that divides along racial and economic lines – and isn't as beneficial to the environment as many believe.
There's no evidence COVID-19 death rates are related to the genetic differences used to racialise people.
There's no evidence COVID-19 death rates are related to the genetic differences used to racialise people.
While the Great Depression reduced inequality and closed the racial wealth gap, the Great Recession of 2009 did the opposite.
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