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Gender Equality Report Card Reveals Systematic Underrepresentation of Women in STEM

September 6, 2019

Four-year study of more than 500 research institutions identifies widespread gender imbalance

Scientists Find Clue to 'Maternal Instinct'

July 26, 2019

New research has discovered a group of cells that are activated by oxytocin in one area of female mouse brains that are not p...

Developing Women Leaders

March 1, 2019

The challenges and triumphs for women in science today

Parenthood Contributes to Gender Imbalance in STEM Employment

February 26, 2019

Parenthood may contribute to the STEM gender gap, in part, due to gender-related cultural expectations and workplace obstacle...

Melbourne Geneticists Make New Discovery about How a Baby's Sex Is Determined

December 17, 2018

It's not just about the X-Y chromosomes, a new study shows

Gender Inequality Is 'Drowning Out' the Voices of Women Scientists

April 24, 2018

Researchers analyzed data from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting and found that, overall, female scienti...

Scientists Penalized by Motherhood

April 2, 2018

Recent study examines teaching and family commitments alongside public funding and the impact of research achieved throu...

In Drawing Tests, U.S. Children Draw Female Scientists More Today Than in Previous Decades

March 20, 2018

A new meta-analysis reviewed five decades of "Draw a Scientist" tests to determine whether children's drawings have mirrored ...

Countries with Greater Gender Equality Have Lower Percentage of Female STEM Graduates

February 15, 2018

Findings could help refine education efforts and policies geared toward girls and STEM

Linking Success in Certain Fields to Intellectual Talent Undermines Women’s Interest in Them

January 11, 2018

“We know that women are underrepresented in fields whose members believe you have to be brilliant to succeed,” ex...

Mini-Microscopes Reveal Brain Circuitry Behind Social Behavior

November 3, 2017

A microscope lens implanted deep inside a mouse’s brain shows different patterns of neural activity when the mouse inte...

Sharing of Science Is Most Likely among Male Scientists

October 12, 2017

In a recent study, male scientists that were contacted by a male were more than 15 percent more likely to respond positi...

Can Early Experiences with Computers, Robots Increase STEM Interest among Young Girls?

May 1, 2017

“We found that if you give them access to same opportunities, then girls and boys have the same response—equal in...

Flawed Forensic Science May Be Hampering Identification of Human Remains

April 27, 2017

The presence of parturition scars—marks often found on female pelvis bones—have commonly been used as an indicato...

Women in a Tenure Committee May Make It More Difficult for a Woman to Get a Job

April 25, 2017

According to a recent study, a larger number of women in evaluation committees does not increase the quantity or quality of f...

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