Gender bias in search algorithms has effect on users, new study finds: Search results can influence us in ways that reinforce social inequality
Gender-neutral internet searches yield results that nonetheless produce male-dominated output, finds a new study by a team of psychology researchers. Moreover, these search results have an effect on users by promoting gender bias and potentially influencing hiring decisions. The work, which appears in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), is among […]
Cleaner air has boosted US corn and soybean yields
A key factor in America’s prodigious agricultural output turns out to be something farmers can do little to control: clean air. A new Stanford-led study estimates pollution reductions between 1999 and 2019 contributed to about 20 percent of the increase in corn and soybean yield gains during that period — an amount worth about $5 […]