Young Researchers of Color Need Better Mentors
Universities need to train their faculty to be better mentors to students of color, and to understand these students’ vulnerabilities
Young Researchers of Color Need Better Mentors
Universities need to train their faculty to be better mentors to students of color, and to understand these students’ vulnerabilities
The Members of This Reservation Learned They Live with Nuclear Weapons. Can Their Reality Ever Be the Same?
The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara peoples are learning more about the missiles siloed on their lands, and that knowledge has put the preservation of their culture and heritage in even starker relief.
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What Would It Mean to 'Absorb' a Nuclear Attack?
The missiles on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota make it a potential target for a nuclear attack. And that doesn’t come close to describing what the reality would be for those on the ground.
ChatGPT Replicates Gender Bias in Recommendation Letters
A new study has found that the use of AI tools such as ChatGPT in the workplace entrenches biased language based on gender
If You Had a Nuclear Weapon in Your Neighborhood, Would You Want to Know about It?
The Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota has had nuclear missile silos on its land for decades. Now the U.S. government wants to take the old weapons out and replace them with new ones, and it’s unclear how many living there know about that.
Just One U.S. Reservation Hosts Nuclear Weapons. This Is The Story of How That Came to Be
15 nuclear missiles deployed in underground concrete silos across the Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota. It took displacement and flood to get them there.
How Did Nuclear Weapons Get on My Reservation?
A member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation digs into a decades-long mystery: how 15 intercontinental ballistic missiles came to be siloed on her ancestral lands.
New Climate Compensation Agreement Raises International Tensions
A U.S. push for voluntary payments in high-stakes negotiations over a global fund for climate disasters has raised tensions ahead of the upcoming COP28 climate summit
AI Needs Rules, but Who Will Get to Make Them?
Skirmishes at the U.K.’s AI Safety Summit expose tensions over how to regulate AI technology
Rich Countries Owe More Than Ever in Climate Adaptation Funding
Rich nations haven’t met their promises to provide aid to developing countries to adapt to climate extremes, the U.N. says in a new report
Humans Absorb Bias from AI—And Keep It after They Stop Using the Algorithm
People may learn from and replicate the skewed perspective of an artificial intelligence algorithm, and they carry this bias beyond their interactions with the AI
‘Climate Gentrification’ Will Displace One Million People in Miami Alone
More than half of Miami-Dade County residents will face pressure to move as rising seas push residents inland to reach higher ground, a new study finds