The elephant in the server room
Catherine D’Ignazio’s new book, “Data Feminism,” examines problems of bias and power that beset modern information.
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“She” goes missing from presidential language
Even when people believed Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 election, they did not use “she” to refer to the next president.
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Monthly birth control pill could replace daily doses
Long-lasting capsule can remain in the stomach and release contraceptive drugs over several weeks.
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Machine learning shows no difference in angina symptoms between men and women
Finding could help overturn the prevailing notion that men and women experience angina differently.
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Using algorithms to build a map of the placenta
New technique stretches out MRI scans of placentas so they can be more accurately analyzed, and shows the potential of MRI for pregnancy monitoring.
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Public opinion study in Europe shows drop in anti-immigration sentiment, among other changes
Surveys spanning recent decades also reveal geographic differences and gender gap in economic views.
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Institute Archives spotlights pioneering women at MIT | MIT News
Initiative is building collections highlighting the contributions of female faculty.
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Networks in aerospace | MIT News
Graduate student Alexa Aguilar helps tiny satellites communicate and builds connections in her academic community.
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How many people can China feed? | MIT News
Graduate student Tiziana Smith studies links between water availability and crop yields in the world’s most populous country.
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Work of the future and the future of work for women in political science | MIT News
Ford Professor Kathleen Thelen addresses challenges of the “gig economy” and gender equity issues in her field.
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