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LEGO and Science-Stereotypes
On this past Sunday, LEGO released a significant new minifig: the first female lab scientist made by the toy company. Maia Weinstock writes about the significance of the new figurine in a post on the Scientific American blog, and the release prompts us to reflect on some important questions. What gender-stereotypes affect the way we think…
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“It Changed My Brain in Exciting Ways”
Over the weekend, the radio show On Being broadcast an episode titled “On Exoplanets and Love: Science that Connects Us to One Another.” For the show, the host Krista Tippett interviews Natalie Batalha, a research astronomer at NASA Ames Research Center and a mission scientist with the Kepler Space Telescope. You can listen to the whole interview…
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Behind the Shock Machine
On Aug. 28, the day Dr. Beck gave his Spotlight lecture, the NPR radio news show, All Things Considered, broadcast an interview with Gina Perry, the author of Behind the Shock Machine: The Untold Story of the Notorious Milgram Psychology Experiments. In her book, Perry problematizes the Milgram study, detailing how she turned from a Milgram admirer…