Education

Jenny Lay-Flurrie: How AI is rewriting accessibility

AI can power independence in everyday life

These myths hold sustainable fashion back

Too many regard it as a niche market. It has the potential to be much more.

Why women are more stressed out than ever

Women report higher levels of stress than men

Autoimmune disease: More science, less suffering

A need for 'advocacy, awareness, education and research'

Liat Ben-Zur talks AI, hippos and leaders in the margins

How AI is changing business in profound and often unrecognized ways

The age of inclusion: Why every generation matters at work

Maureen Wiley Clough says her podcast, 'It Gets Early Late,' is intended to change the conversation around workplace age bias

'It Gets Late Early:' A conversation about ageism with Maureen Wiley Clough

Workplace ageism is prevalent but works both ways

Any amount of alcohol may increase dementia risk

Drinking in moderation? It may not matter.

Refugee-turned-rescuer: How women escape the Taliban

Friba Rezayee runs a nonprofit to help women fleeing the Taliban

Women will pay the price for SNAP cuts

3XBA aims sky high

SUFFS: The women who wouldn't wait

Scientists leave U.S. as research grants disappear

The National Science Foundation estimates the number of early-career researchers in the U.S. will fall by 78% during the 2025/26 school year.

How to fix the STEM imbalance

The slow but steady increase in women in STEM can create the perception that gender equity has been achieved. It hasn’t.

Troubling trend: Teens turn to AI for companionship

Teenagers are treating AI like a trusted friend, at risk to their privacy and mental health.

How to fix the pipeline of diverse STEM graduates

Women still make up only one-third of all STEM workers.

Language in children’s TV shows reinforces gender stereotypes

Surprisingly little has changed in the past six decades.

It took decades for middle school girls to close the STEM gender gap. Now it's widening again

A study by testing group NWEA shows eighth grade girls' math and science scores are declining at steeper rates than boys' scores.

Child care can cost more than a mortgage now

Congress last provided child care support for families during World War II.

Want to end the malaria crisis? Start with women and girls

Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to health complications from malaria infections, but access to preventive care isn’t equal.

As boys get left behind, consequences ripple across culture

Boys are falling behind in nearly every metric and no one seems to know why.

The gender divide in politics widens for Gen Z

Women under 30 are more likely to hold liberal views than their male counterparts.

Why in-demand, no-college jobs are going unfilled

Many of the fastest-growing jobs in the U.S. require skills and certificates instead of college degrees.

Harvard pushes back as Trump targets funding

The nation’s oldest and wealthiest university could empower others to resist the federal government’s pressure tactics.

What cutting science funding could cost us

Thousands of active medical research projects are supported by federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health, and the cuts are hitting hard.