The Future of Sex Ed Is the Internet
[ad_1] Compared to a few decades ago, young people have surprisingly less access to high-quality, informative sex education. Typically, human sexuality programs have been the responsibility of middle or high…
Diverse Teams Are Needed to Save the Planet
[ad_1] Engineering has a white-male problem. Women make up just 14.5 percent of the engineering workforce in the United Kingdom, with ethnic minorities constituting just 8 percent. For Lila Ibrahim,…
The Twitter Bubble Let Democrats Defy Political Gravity
[ad_1] There is a wholly self-contained ecosystem of far-right influencers and followers on Twitter and Facebook. We know the ecosystem spreads disinformation and prejudice, but less thought is given to…
The Signal for Help I Created Went Viral. Now It Could Be Misused
[ad_1] In 2020, I helped create the Signal for Help, a hand signal that communicates to friends, family, and bystanders that “I need you to check in on me in…
How Does Queerness Fit Into the US Census?
[ad_1] How does a data set like the US census deal with people who defy its expectations? How can a data set encompass those its designers never imagined? These questions…
After Roe, Men Might Finally Get Better Birth Control
[ad_1] Phase 2 trials test a drug for both efficacy and safety, typically in hundreds of volunteers, and look for harmful or unpleasant drug reactions. A previous Phase 2 trial…
Gender-Affirming Care Improves Mental Health—and May Save Lives
[ad_1] In the midst of a slew of anti-trans legislation proposed earlier this year, Spencer Cox, the Republican governor of Utah, made an impassioned plea to his state’s legislature as…