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Join UsThese researchers are reimagining animal behavior through a feminist lens
Darren Incorvaia /
Science News
amath has adopted a feminist approach to science, which critically examines not only how women and gender minorities have been excluded from science, but also how sexist and gendered ideas have influenced the questions scientists ask and how they frame the results of their work — whether they know it or not.
A revered and powerful female leader revealed by new method to determine sex of old bones
Katie Hunt /
CNN
A 5,000-year-old skeleton was initially identified as a “probable young male” who was dubbed the “Ivory Man” and considered a “spectacular” find. But more than a decade later, researchers used a new molecular method to confirm the skeleton’s sex as part of a broader study on the discovery, and they got quite a shock. It turned out that the “Ivory Man” was in fact female.
In NYC, companies will have to prove their AI hiring software isn’t sexist or racist
Kevin Collier /
NBC News
AI-infused hiring programs have drawn scrutiny, most notably over whether they end up exhibiting biases based on the data they’re trained on.
Sex education must engage boys to tackle harassment
Vanessa Clarke /
BBC
Sex education lessons must engage boys and young men in order to tackle "a scourge" of sexual harassment and violence in schools, according to a group of elected representatives in the UK.
Taliban shut down women’s hairdressers and beauty salons in Afghanistan
Trinidad Deiros Bronte /
El Pais
The fundamentalists will cancel the licenses of these businesses, one of the last strongholds of work and socialization for Afghan women.
The Supreme Court’s defeat of Roe v. Wade is leading to an explosion of Plan B vending machines on college campuses
ED KOMENDASUSAN HAIGH AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS /
Fortune Magazine
With some states enacting abortion bans and others enshrining protections and expanding access to birth control, vending machines stocked with morning after pills are part of a push on college campuses to ensure emergency contraceptives are cheap, discreet and widely available.
The sport of bodybuilding continues to thrive in Ghana. Now a group of women are determined to change the stigma surrounding their profession as they muscle their way in amid societal backlash.
Taylor Swift tickets bring in over $13 million per night, on track for the highest-grossing tour in history
Lucas Shaw and Bloomberg /
Fortune Magazine
Taylor Swift is bringing in ticket sales of more than $13 million a night on the road — putting her on a trajectory to deliver the highest-grossing tour in music history. Based upon the tour's performance to date, Swift is on pace to gross more than $1 billion, a threshold no artist has ever hit.