The narrative of science often highlights the contributions of male scientists, overshadowing the profound impact of their female counterparts. Yet, these women defied societal norms, broke ...

Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic ...

A team of scientists led by Prof ... factors like BRCA1 and BRCA2 are driving breast cancer among Nigerian women. The lead researcher, Rotimi, was equally said to have documented this breakthrough ...

The low number of senior women authors is a clear sign that there's bias in the way we're training young scientists. As a community, we need to tackle not just explicit bias, but the more ...

Over the past decade, women from tribal villages around Anaikatti ... Behind the all-woman enterprise is R Soundararajan, a pharmaceutical scientist who returned to India from the US in 1996.

However, many Black female scientists have been just as impactful, even if they have not always received the recognition they deserve. Despite facing systemic barriers in education and ...

DRDO, ISRO, and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) have yet to see a woman scientist or engineer at the helm of affairs despite having several credible women scientists in their ranks. A world ...

Allen was one of the many who criticized Perry and the other women — scientist Aisha Bowe, film producer Kerianne Flynn, CBS journalist Gayle King, former NASA employee and civil rights advocate ...

Famed Australian scientist Dr Karl Kruszelnicki has weighed in on the controversy surrounding Jeff Bezo's all-female Blue Origin space flight. Passengers on the trip, including pop star Katy Perry ...

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Franklin fascinates me because she was so strong and sure that she wanted to be a scientist in spite of her father and during a time when it was extremely difficult for women to have a career in ...