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NOVA Season 48 Episode 6

Women make up less than a quarter of STEM professionals in the United States, and numbers are even lower for women of color. But a growing group of researchers is exposing longstanding discrimination and making science more inclusive.

Why does a widely used internet search engine deliver results that can be blatantly racist and sexist? Two leading information researchers investigate their discoveries of hidden biases in the search technology we rely on every day.

Serie: NOVA

Episode Title: Picture a Scientist/ Search Engine Breakdown

Air Date: 2021-04-14