Science & Technology

If you’re accused of a crime based on an algorithm’s analysis of the evidence, you should have a right to refute the assumptions, methods, and programming of that algorithm. Building on previous wins, EFF and its allies turned the tide this year on the use of these secret programs in criminal prosecutions. One of the […]

Keon West is professor of social psychology at the University of London. He was born in Trinidad, grew up in Jamaica, and studied in the US and France before coming to the UK as a Rhodes scholar in 2006 to do a doctorate at Oxford University. Why do you think we need a book about […]

Personality traits, such as psychopathy and narcissism are replacing the old notion of ‘evil’. It’s hard to think of acts more despicable than the brutal attacks, kidnappings, rapes and murders carried out by the psychopath Ted Bundy, for example. Especially as when he faced justice for them, he did it with a wink and a […]

By Nina Hike, Curie High School | February 17, 2020 | _News File under: Curie, Science My first experience with science occurred on the far South Side of Chicago in the Altgeld Gardens Housing Project, forging through the Beaubien Forest Preserve, looking for plants and insects to take home and observe with my family. That […]

Imagine a world where everyone had brown skin. Tens of thousands of years ago, that was the case, say scientists at Pennsylvania State University. So, how did white people get here? The answer lies in that tricky component of evolution known as a genetic mutation. Out of Africa Scientists have long known that Africa is […]

Scientific research ideally is colorblind, with merit the only factor in hiring, publishing or the awarding of research grants. But the reality often falls short. Eight years ago, a study published in Science found that black researchers were 10 percentage points less likely than white ones to receive funding from the National Institutes of Health, […]

This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Headlines warning people to throw out their black plastic kitchen utensils live on, as do social media posts warning of […]

African Americans in STEM The Minnesota Science Museum is inviting African Americans in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields to celebrate diversity and creativity. Saturday, January 11, community members can visit the museum from 11am to 3pm to uplift Black innovators, problem-solvers, and changemakers. The event will also feature a performance from local Hip-Hop […]

Black History Month is here to enlighten the mind, A time of learning for all of mankind. Artificial intelligence pushes the boundaries of what history claims to be. Holograms can immerse us with the truth of what our eyes have failed to see. Black History Month Rajinder Tumber Black History Month is designated to remember […]