University challenge

The Economist, January 17, 2015 It is a long time since the groves of academe were paced only by men, but even now some of them are more populated by women than others are. Why, is a mystery. Though the phenomenon is most discussed in scientific and technological...

Why Some Teams Are Smarter Than Others

Olimpia Zagnoli, The New York Times, January 16, 2015 Psychologists have known for a century that individuals vary in their cognitive ability. But are some groups, like some people, reliably smarter than others? According to a study conducted by this...

The 23 Fortune 500 companies with all-male boards

Caroline Fairchild, Fortune, January 16, 2015 It’s 2015, and nearly 5% of Fortune 500 companies are still run by all-male boards of directors, according to a recent Fortune analysis done in collaboration with S&P Capital IQ on the gender composition of...