Recent study examines teaching and family commitments alongside public funding and the impact of research achieved through the quality of journal publications and volume of citations

A new meta-analysis reviewed five decades of "Draw a Scientist" tests to determine whether children's drawings have mirrored the increase of female participation in science

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

“We know that women are underrepresented in fields whose members believe you have to be brilliant to succeed,” explains study's lead author

A microscope lens implanted deep inside a mouse’s brain shows different patterns of neural activity when the mouse interacts with males, females, or other stimuli

In a recent study, male scientists that were contacted by a male were more than 15 percent more likely to respond positively than males that were contacted by a female

“We found that if you give them access to same opportunities, then girls and boys have the same response—equal interest and confidence,” researcher says

The presence of parturition scars—marks often found on female pelvis bones—have commonly been used as an indicator of child birth

According to a recent study, a larger number of women in evaluation committees does not increase the quantity or quality of female candidates who qualify

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