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Diversity programs give illusion of corporate fairness, study shows

By Guest PostApril 12, 2013Economybrenda major, cheryl kaiser, civil rights law, discrimination complaints, diversity programs, diversity statement, diversity training programs, jenessa shapiro, laura brady, rational assumptions, santa barbara, tessa dover, university of california, university of washington, work environments, workplace diversity programs

Diversity training programs lead people to believe that work environments are fair even when given evidence of hiring, promotion or salary inequities, according to new findings by psychologists at the University of Washington and other universities.

The study also revealed that participants, all of whom were white, were less likely to take discrimination complaints seriously against companies who had diversity programs. (more…)

Planck All-Sky Images Show Cold Gas and Strange Haze

By Guest PostFebruary 14, 2012Sciencebig bang, carbon monoxide, clouds of hydrogen, cold clouds, cold gas, cosmic microwave background, dark matter, dark matter particles, davide pietrobon, electrons, european space agency, form of light energy, galactic haze, galactic winds, Galaxy, greg dobler, haze, images, jan tauber, krzysztof m gorski, magnetic fields, microwave emissions, milky way galaxy, NASA, planck, planck data, poland, relic radiation, santa barbara, star formation, supernovae, the whole sky, universe, university of california, warsaw university observatory, wavelengths, wmap

New images from the Planck mission show previously undiscovered islands of star formation and a mysterious haze of microwave emissions in our Milky Way galaxy. The views give scientists new treasures to mine and take them closer to understanding the secrets of our galaxy.

Planck is a European Space Agency mission with significant NASA participation. (more…)