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Nations urged to ‘pick up the ball’ after DEI research cuts

Researchers say a lack of funding for studies that focus on sex and gender might also hasten a US brain drain.
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  1. Jackson Ryan

For the past three years, Bruce McLaren and Jessica Hammer have studied how children interact with Decimal Point, an educational game that bolsters maths skills.

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