women in STEM

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In Rita Colwell’s Memoirs, a Reminder That Discrimination in Science Is Universal

Nimita Pandey 01/10/2020

Her story melds seamlessly with an ethos of scientific...

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Women Less Likely To Critique Men’s Research in Academic Journals

Cary Wu, Rima Wilkes and Sylvia Fuller 02/09/2020

Editorial attention to the issue of gendered patterns is...

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Embracing the Crisis as a Mother and Early Career Scientist

Divya P. Kumar 22/08/2020

'The best thing this period has taught me is...

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COVID-19 Medical Papers Have Fewer Women First Authors Than Expected

Jens Peter Andersen, Mathias Wullum Nielsen, Nicole L. Simone, Resa E. Lewiss and Reshma Jagsi 22/08/2020

Robust evidence suggests that women in academic medicine shoulder...

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E.K. Janaki Ammal and the Caste Conundrum

Geeta Doctor 15/08/2020

The recent interest in Janaki Ammal having been chosen...

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To Be a Good Scientist in a New Country, With Help From a Toddler

Madhumala K. Sadanandappa 14/06/2020

'More than the failed experiments or unexpected work problems,...

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Finding Dorothy Hamre, the First Person to Isolate a Strain of a Coronavirus

P. Balaram 15/05/2020

'Who can legitimately claim to be called the discoverer...