International Women’s Day: Ten Women in Science Who Aren’t Marie Curie
Celebrating the work of female scientists.
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Men could significantly outnumber women within decades — and this is a problem
Researchers anticipate an even larger deficit of female births
Risk of death from COVID-19 is 2.4 times higher in men
Men are often more at risk from disease -- and COVID is no exception.
Is AI in danger of becoming too male?
Only 13.83% of AI authors in arXiv are women and, in relative terms, the proportion of AI papers co-authored by ...
Women’s brains look years younger than those of men
The findings may explain why women live longer and stay more mentally sharp at old age than men.
When it comes to influenza — Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
Flu vaccine seems more effective in women; men recover faster from the flu.
Income inequality, not gender inequality, leads to female sexualization on social media
Sorry -- no sexy selfies here, just science.
Women ask for raises just as much as men do — but they just don’t get them
Things are still murky when it comes to the gender pay gap.
It’s official: College men think they’re smarter than they really are
Meanwhile, women are crippled with doubt.
Women who regularly use cleaning supplies risk lung damage, study shows
There were no significant differences in the decline of lung function between men who worked in the cleaning business and ...
More gender equal countries have fewer women in STEM, paradoxically
A new paper tries to explain this discrepancy.
Women really are better multi-taskers, study finds
I can't even walk and text without hitting lamp posts.
Training men how to read women might help curb sexually aggressive behaviour
There might be a way to help alpha males understand when women are interested.
Women scientists with feminine traits less likely to be judged as scientists
Can a woman without a lab coat still be a scientist?
Women who feel vulnerable prefer physically dominant men
In neighborhoods with high crime rates, past research showed that women who perceive they are at risk will generally be ...
Menopause appeared by accident, evolved due to stay-at-home males
When you think about it from a biological point of view....Menopause doesn't make that much sense, does it?
How women subconsciously fight sexual competition
A new paper published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology examines women's efforts to guard their mates from ...
Men ate almost twice as much when they dined with women
We all know that men like to impress the fairer members of our species, and this permeates into almost everything ...
Study finds most women are gay or bisexual — a personal take
The study recorded the biological responses (a fancy wording for arousal) of a sample of 345 women who watched videos ...