Author: lgabrielli
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The origin of the gender gap in Maths?
A new paper was recently published in Nature [1] that provides insights about the gender gap in STEM. The main outcome of the study, encompassing 2.6mln first grade students in France, is that a few months of schooling create a significant gap in Maths tests between male and female pupils. There are no signs of…
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EVs: one more reason you don’t know
Electric vehicles are highly debated nowadays. Discussions are always good, as long as they are not driven by prejudices. When I started reflecting on the decarbonization of public transportation years ago, I was in a tech-skeptical period of my life. Initially, I thought I was finding good evidence that EVs were not more sustainable than…
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ReBrain Europe
I learned about this initiative from professors Roberto Battison and Silvano Tagliagambe, following the climate of increasing repression against freedom of research and speech in universities in the USA. A new era of authoritarianism has begun with the election of the new President of the United States. In a democratic country, forces should be balanced.…