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Category Science & Technology

The science of stereotyping: Challenging the validity of ‘gaydar’

September 3, 2015

"Gaydar" - the purported ability to infer whether people are gay or straight based on their appearance - seemed to get a scientific boost from a 2008 study that concluded people could accurately guess someone's sexual orientation based on photographs of their faces.

Josh Medow: Critical care for the brain

September 3, 2015

At Joshua Medow's first job, in the Neurocritical Intensive Care Unit at UW Hospital and Clinics, he saves lives. His patients have endured strokes, car accidents and shootings.