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Anne Fausto-Sterling

Anne Fausto-Sterling, Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Biology and Gender Studies at Brown University, is author of Myths of Gender and Sexing the Body.

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Gender & Sexuality, Science & Nature

Science Won't Settle Trans Rights

Appeals to the biological facts conceal a deeper contest over political equality—and scientific authority itself.

Anne Fausto-Sterling

Class & Inequality, Gender & Sexuality

Pink and Blue

Many young children become obsessed with gender. How do we know which are trans?

Anne Fausto-Sterling

Race, Science & Nature

I Can’t Breathe

Black people get sicker because of stereotypes taught in medical schools.

Anne Fausto-Sterling

Science & Nature

Rethinking Evolution

Symbiosis, not just gradual change, may lie at the heart of how evolution works.

Anne Fausto-Sterling

Gender & Sexuality, Science & Nature

“Female Viagra” Is No Feminist Triumph

The FDA has approved an ineffective drug for a disease that may not exist.

Anne Fausto-Sterling

Science & Nature

CRISPR: The Latest Biotech Hype

CRISPR-Cas9 is now the fastest, most sequence-specific technique for the rewriting of genetic information. With all this potential come serious challenges.

Anne Fausto-Sterling

Law & Justice, Science & Nature

Cold Case

The limits of using DNA to create images of subjects.

Anne Fausto-Sterling

Science & Nature

The New New Guidelines

Why do our ideas about nutrition change so quickly?

Anne Fausto-Sterling

Science & Nature

Getting Personal

Individuality can emerge even when genes and environment are constant.

Anne Fausto-Sterling

Wonders, U.S.

One in Five

One in five in college women is sexually assaulted. This statistic might be wrong, but does it matter?

Anne Fausto-Sterling

Class & Inequality, Science & Nature

Democratic Science

Getting government grants for research is harder than ever. Our system is breaking down.

Anne Fausto-Sterling

U.S.

The Evidence of Memory

Memories are not a record of the past; when evoked, they adjust to the current context.

Anne Fausto-Sterling

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