Attempts to recruit and retain more women in undergraduate engineering programs often lump all female students into a single group. At best, minority women as a group may receive special attention. But a new study of female engineering students’ perceived challenges finds significant differences between black, Hispanic, Native American, Asian-American and white women. The findings […] … learn more→

Parts of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are facing one of the worst droughts for 60 years, and around 10 million people are desperately in need of food, clean water and basic sanitation. For many people, access to water is a mere turn of the tap away; for Abdha Aso, a 20-year-old mother of five, it […] … learn more→

Backed by a movement of more than 2.5 million ONE members, ONE achieves change through advocacy. … learn more→

MIT researchers’ answer to a major question in the field of optimization brings disappointing news — but there’s a silver lining. … learn more→

With the momentum of his Inconvenient Truth gradually fading, Al Gore has launched a new climate change action campaign – the Climate Reality Project. The centrepiece of the campaign is a day of action called the "24 Hours of Reality". Like so much in the climate communication sphere, it’s the kind of campaign that will […] … learn more→

Career flexibility is important in the long run. After decades of working in the same field some jobs tend to become monotonous and boring. It’s important to find careers that offer flexibility and a chance to show off your skills in more than one arena. While you’re usually led into the belief that specializing in […] … learn more→

Support from UK supermarkets to phase out tuna caught with damaging fishing gear could make the Western Pacific tuna the world\’s first sustainable industrial fishery. It\’s a perfect storm, of the positive kind. UK environmentalists have won commitments from most of the major supermarkets to forsake fish caught with a particularly destructive fishing gear. At […] … learn more→

Efforts to raise educational standards in developing countries have tended to focus on the quality of teachers and the provision of books and buildings, but a study reveals a much simpler, cheaper solution could be the answer. Giving free pairs of spectacles to children who cannot see the blackboard has dramatically raised school grades, according […] … learn more→

The amount of money that hospitals spend on environmental services, such as cleaning and maintenance services, is not as important for influencing patient satisfaction scores as the way the money is spent, according to Penn State researchers. \”By focusing on improving the efficiency of operations, hospitals can contribute to hospital performance while also getting the […] … learn more→

Being at the very top of a social hierarchy may be more costly than previously thought, according to a new study of wild baboons led by a Princeton University ecologist. A new study, \”Life at the Top: Rank and Stress in Wild Male Baboons,\” published in the July 15 issue of the journal Science found […] … learn more→