Science and Technology

Images of people generated by AI tend to be gorgeous, even when creators ask them to be ugly. That could have a profound effect on our emotional wellbeing.

Women at work spend hours a week listening, reassuring, and steadying their colleagues who are coming apart. Those same women pay a price.

Women have caught up with men when it comes to trying AI, but research shows there’s still a big gap when it comes to confidence, trust and perceived value.

When it comes to plants, she who names the natural world, shapes what we notice, what we value, and ultimately what we save.

Women are criticized for using AI less than men — and viewed as "cheats" when they do. How, exactly, do they win?

Women activists and journalists are being targeted in increasingly scary ways, forcing many to self-censor, as AI supercharges levels of online abuse.

New research has shown that when a woman academic is the lead author, the peer review process takes longer.

Abusive content and non-consensual sexual material can circulate indefinitely. Not enough is being done to stop it.

A new study shows that when meetings are transcribed by AI, women find it easier to speak.

New research shows women are more likely to worry about the impact of new technologies.

The latest LinkedIn trend that has women changing their gender or name in their profiles makes a point, but it’s a point as old as time. What we need is real change.

As world leaders gather in Brazil for this year’s global climate talks, the women on the frontlines of defending the world’s forests and rivers tell us why they won’t be taking part.

From biased chatbots to sexist and aggressive avatars, AI already comprises a whole set of tools capable of harassing and harming women.

New research suggests that what draws women to the aesthetic is not submission, but simplicity.

These five women should be as famous—and well off—as Silicon Valley's finest.

Her software company would change everything; perhaps most notably how—and where—women could work.

We are on the edge of an AI revolution that is going to transform our society. What are we doing about it?

The author Leora Tanenbaum's new book, Sexy Selfie Nation, offers advice on how we can shut down a uniquely harmful form of gender discrimination: slut-shaming.

Birth control gave women control over their bodies, their careers and their futures. A cultural campaign against the pill risks rolling all this back.

AI can make our lives more efficient and streamlined, sure, but it can also make parenting easier.

AI can be as useful in the home as it can be at work. Sometimes it's just a question of getting started.

Is passing an imperfect law really worse than not doing anything at all?

The increase in global temperatures will disproportionately affect women. Women’s lives overall will become more difficult.

Misogyny is entrenched in the technology industry. Scarlett Johansson’s experience with OpenAI shows it still is.

Small feminist acts in everyday life add up to something big.