Teaching Soft Skills Can Help Women Stay in Science and Tech Jobs.Most efforts to close the gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields focus on hiring. But women also quit STEM jobs at higher rates than men, an exodus that only intensified as millions of women left the labor market at the height […]
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A Stanford-led project has identified a set of strategies to counter anti-democracy and reduce partisan animosity. American democracy is at risk, Stanford scholars and others have warned. Many studies have found anti-democratic attitudes and support for partisan violence are at concerning levels among the American public, partisan animosity is growing, and Americans are democratic principles for partisan gain.
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first definitive detection of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system. The result, provides important insights into the composition and formation of the planet, and indicates that the telescope will be capable of measuring carbon dioxide on other exoplanets, including those that may
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Program will Help Reduce Financial Barriers and Benefit Students Across 10 U.S. Cities Frito-Lay has announced a partnership with the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) that will further enable Black and Hispanic students across 10 U.S. cities to attend college. The snack leader is investing $500,000 in need-based scholarships to help reduce the financial barriers of attending and
DNA damage caused by factors such as ultraviolet radiation affect nearly three-quarters of all stem cell lines derived from human skin cells, say Cambridge Researchers, who argue that whole genome sequencing is essential for confirming if cell lines are usable. Stem cells are a special type of cell that can be programmed to become almost
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