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Women scientists at the famous Institute of Oceanography own half of the lab space to men

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Women make up 26% of scientists at the prestigious Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), but occupy only 17% of the space, according to an unprecedented report released last week. The 56 female SIO scientists own an average of half the research space and one-third the storage space …

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New research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggests that automation is responsible for income inequality

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A newly published paper identifies the extent to which automation contributes to income inequality in the United States, simply by replacing workers with technology — whether it be self-checkout machines, call center systems, assembly line technology, or other devices. Recent data suggests that the majority of the increase in the wage gap since 1980 can …

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