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Read All NewsThese 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.
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.
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