January 11, 2021
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It takes a lot of energy for machines to learn – here's why AI is so power-hungry
Data centers like this Google facility in Iowa use copious amounts of electricity. Chad Davis/Flickr, CC BY-SA Kate Saenko, Boston ... -
Victory, history and a pink recession: the highs and lows for women in 2020
Chris Wallace, University of Canberra It has been both a remarkably good and remarkably bad year for Australian women. Their leadership in ...January 4, 2021 -
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Paper Recommends Women Avoid Female Mentors, Drawing Outrage
Astudy published in Nature Communications November 17 has caused an eruption of outrage among scientists. The study of 3 million ...December 22, 2020 -
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Women in academia report increased gender gap amid COVID-19
Women in academia are publishing less than they were before COVID-19. Gender gaps have long existed in the workplace, but the pandemic ...December 21, 2020 -
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Op-Ed Urging Jill Biden To Drop The 'Dr.' Sparks Outrage Online
An opinion column in The Wall Street Journal came under fire over the weekend for asking educator and incoming first lady ...December 15, 2020 -
The iconic American inventor is still a white male – and that’s an obstacle to race and gender inclusion
Thomas Edison remains the poster child of American invention 89 years after his death. Underwood & Underwood via the Library of ...December 15, 2020 -
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75-year-old grandmother and her granddaughter graduate college together
Many graduation ceremonies look different in the time of COVID-19. But for Melody Ormond, it looked different because of the classmate ...December 7, 2020 -
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Students are replicating the social experience of college by renting houses that are thousands of miles away from school
For college students across the country, "off-campus housing" has a new meaning this semester. For Erik Boesen, it looks like a deserted ...November 24, 2020