Host Chris Rock came out swinging in his opening monologue for the 88th Academy Awards, which is facing criticism for exclusively nominating white people to the top four acting award categories.
This year was the 15th anniversary of the best day you’ve never heard of: Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. The event was launched in 2001, when the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) teamed up with IBM to educate young girls about the career opportunities in engineering and embolden them to pursue it. The special occasion is part of Engineers Week, a weeklong celebration of the industry started by the NSPE back in 1951.
Good news: the gender wage gap for women in tech is closing—but it’s not in Silicon Valley. A new study from financial technology company SmartAsset ranks the best cities in the US for women in tech, and found that, across the country, things are looking up for women in the industry.
Trust us, it is not too early in the day to tear up while watching a laundry detergent commercial.
When the Zika virus began to tear through Latin America in January, governments started to panic. El Salvador, for example, gently suggested that women try not to get pregnant for the next two years, in order to avoid having a child that could be born with microcephaly and other long-term complications.
It’s official: if you want to dramatically improve the quality of your life, move to Europe. That’s what the 18th annual Quality of Life survey from consulting firm Mercer suggests—cities in western Europe dominate the top of this year’s list of the world’s best cities to live in.
This February is a sweet Black History Month for one woman: Virginia McLaurin, a centenarian who turned her visit to the White House into a dance party with the first black presidential couple. The 106-year-old, dressed to the nines in a teal dress suit, met president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle yesterday (Feb. 21):
Scientists looking at over a decade of data from NASA satellites have found a startling pattern: All over the world, wet regions are becoming wetter, while dry regions grow drier.
World leaders have developed different ways of dealing with Donald Trump’s provocative presidential campaign: Mexican media companies severed ties with the GOP frontrunner; British lawmakers threatened to ban him from the UK; and several called him out for his proposed ban on Muslims entering the US.
Pope Francis now openly supports the use of artificial contraception to prevent spread of the Zika virus, reports the Associated Press. The head of the Catholic Church shared his view on birth control today (Feb. 18) just as he was leaving Mexico.
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The governor of Ankara, Turkey said 28 people have died and 61 were wounded in a blast in the country’s capital, Reuters reported.
If you’re a morning person who also happens to have test anxiety, you might find comfort in new research that suggests that taking tests earlier in the day actually leads to higher scores.
It’s no secret that Silicon Valley has a diversity problem: women, black people, and Latinos are all embarrassingly underrepresented in the tech industry. A new study makes that abundantly clear, at least in terms of where the venture capital dollars are going: startups led by black female founders raise significantly less outside funding than the average failed startup.
College has become staggeringly expensive in the United States—and for women, it’s even trickier to pay for. That’s because student debt stays with women after they graduate for longer than men, according to a new study released by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) on Monday (Feb. 8).
A comprehensive new study aims to make the case for childhood vaccinations by studying their return on investment, around the world.
Le Bataclan, the historic Parisian concert hall where 89 people were killed in the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, will undergo renovations with the goal of reopening to the public before the end of the 2016, the Agence France-Press reported today (Feb. 10, link in French).
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Exposed buildings with the sides blown off, abandoned churches missing their rooftops, debris scattered in otherwise empty streets: Homs was once one of Syria’s largest cities, but has suffered immense destruction since the start of the country’s civil war. In 2011, the city became a stronghold for rebel forces—which quickly made it a target for the country’s military. The warfare that followed largely destroyed the city and led the opposition to flee.
Last Saturday’s Republican presidential debate was perhaps better than any Saturday Night Live sketch (except maybe the ones with Larry David as Bernie Sanders). Retired neurosurgeon and Republican nominee Ben Carson had an awkward moment or two during the debate—but none was quite as cringe-worthy as his bumbled introduction.
Ladies, be warned: Exposure to romantic comedies may be hazardous to your health. A new study suggests that watching movies that feature persistent male suitors may lead women to take instances of stalking in the real world less seriously.
An Australian woman surprised guests and her husband when she arrived at her own funeral in Melbourne, early last year. Her death had been confirmed to her husband just days earlier, by the hit men he’d hired to kill her.
Playboy has a new look: After the adult magazine made headlines in October last year for its decision to nix full-frontal nudity, its first print issue to run without (completely) naked women hits stands next week.
DeRay Mckesson, civil rights activist and social media personality, filed to run in the Baltimore mayoral race just before tonight’s (Feb. 3) 9pm deadline for the primary race, the Baltimore Sun reports.
