The Good News about Women and STEM
Programs aimed at making workplaces more inclusive are showing signs of success
Voices
Exploring and celebrating diversity in science.
The Surprisingly Old Science of Living as Transgender
In the 20th century’s middle decades, the first recipient of phalloplasty surgery fought to be recognized as a man
The Farewell: On Cultural Differences in Death and Narrative Control
A poignant film asks viewers to consider challenging questions of medicine and morality
The Women’s Health Pioneer You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
The 19th-century black “doctress” Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler should be on everyone’s radar
Lego, We Have a Problem
A NASA-themed toy designed to inspire girls in science can inadvertently play into damaging stereotypes
People with Disabilities Get Cancer, Too
But they don’t have equal access to cancer screening
Another Example of How Health Care Disparities Kill
Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is treated less aggressively if you’re not white and male
I Know Some Algorithms Are Biased—because I Created One
Doing so was inadvertent, but it taught me an important lesson
Virtual Reality Has an Accessibility Problem
It’s been touted as an “empathy machine” that lets users see what it’s like to have a disability—but people with disabilities often can’t use it
Female Surgeons Are Still Treated as Second-Class Citizens
The profession is rife with sexual harassment, bullying and discrimination—and that needs to change
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