bias

Anti-Muslim bias reports skyrocket after Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel

12:02pm April 02, 2024

by Jason DeRose

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has released its annual Civil Right Report. It details record-high instances of anti-Muslim hate in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

Queue Listen Now

Dr. Louise Aronson, a geriatrician and author, speaks with a patient at UCSF's Osher Center for Integrative Health in San Francisco.

Health & Safety

Ageism in health care is more common than you might think, and it can harm people

9:23am March 07, 2024

by Ashley Milne-Tyte

Assumptions that older people are one big, frail, homogenous group can lead to problems, says the author of Elderhood.

Queue Listen Now

It's still early days for AI in health care, but already racial bias has been found in some of the tools. Here, health care professionals at a hospital in California protest racial injustice after the murder of George Floyd.

Health & Safety

AI in medicine needs to be carefully deployed to counter bias – and not entrench it

11:29am June 06, 2023

Powerful new artificial intelligence tools can perpetuate long-standing racial inequities if they are not designed very carefully. Researchers and regulators are taking note, but perils are vast.

Race

Let's Talk About It: How do we discuss bias?

6:00am March 03, 2023

by David Ford

Today's episode of Let's Talk About It tackles the thorny

Queue Listen Now

Panel 4: "You might have a data set that's 75% male faces and over 80% lighter-skin faces. So what it means is the machine is learning a representation of the world that is skewed. But how are we getting such skewed data sets?"

Science

COMIC: How a computer scientist fights bias in algorithms

5:00am March 14, 2022

Computer scientist Joy Buolamwini is on a mission to fight bias in algorithms. In this comic, Buolamwini discusses the way biased algorithms can lead to real world inequality — and what we can do.

Queue Listen Now

Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do, by Jennifer Eberhardt

Can We Overcome Racial Bias? 'Biased' Author Says To Start By Acknowledging It

8:43pm March 28, 2019

by Ailsa Chang

In her new book, psychology professor Jennifer Eberhardt explores how unconscious racial bias shapes human behavior — and suggests that we examine what situations can trigger racial bias.

Queue Listen Now

Study participants often answer questions differently, depending on the questioner's gender. Sex hormones can affect results, too.

A Scientist's Gender Can Skew Research Results

5:16pm January 10, 2018

by Richard Harris

If a female researcher asks a man if he's in pain, he's less likely to admit it. The effect of gender on study results has been known for years. But it's rarely disclosed or discussed.

Queue Listen Now

A new study confirms that many people — including black ones — have a bias against the types and styles of natural hair worn by black people.

National

New Evidence Shows There's Still Bias Against Black Natural Hair

11:43am February 06, 2017

by Karen Grigsby Bates

"A majority of people, regardless of race and gender, hold some bias towards women of color based on their hair."

Since a single scientific study rarely provides a definitive answer, researchers combine the results of several studies to reach clearer conclusions.

Reviews Of Medical Studies May Be Tainted By Funders' Influence

4:33pm October 12, 2016

by Richard Harris

Researchers often combine the results of many medical studies to evaluate treatments. But when the combiners have a financial interest, the results might be inaccurate, a scientist says.

Daily News

Greensboro Police React To Racial Bias Accusations

5:45pm October 26, 2015

Greensboro police are reacting after an article in the New York Times highlighted the racial disparity in how the department deals with traffic stops.