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• Why its sexist that top-tier papers are the unspoken requirement

  
  YoungFemaleScientist — Authority: 113
  Lately Ive been having to explain this a lot, so I figured hey why not blog about it. 1. Nobody tells you its a requirement The thing about unspoken rules is that the in-crowd shares them with their proteges. The auslanders argue among themselves about whether there really are rules or not. 2. Publishing is ...
  4 days ago

• The Mystery of the Time Chamber!

  
  Lady, That's My Skull — Authority: 511
  Before I continue with the Futura Saga I am going to take a break to present a special request appearance of Mysta of the Moon. Mysta of the Moon was long-running science fiction adventure serial that ran in Planet Comics from 1945 to 1949. Mysta is perhaps the most consistent serial in regards to art and ...
  1 week ago

• Homecoming

  
  Wandering Scientist — Authority: 122
  A post over at Dr. Isis blog has got me thinking about how to encourage girls to consider careers in math and science. I dont think I have any original insight on that. It has also got me thinking about my own experiences in high school, and since this is a blog and blogs are good for self-indulgent reminiscing, I ...
  1 week ago

• + NY School District Offers All-Girls Tech Program

  
  Dyslexia Tutor: News-Resources — Authority: 118
  other topics: click a “category” or use search box The Fairport Central School District in upstate New York has approved an aggressive approach to counteract the gender gap in technology education, according to Ernst Lamothe, Jr in the Democrat Chronicle. The district is set to begin a two-year pilot ...
  1 week ago

• NOVA Launches Beta Evolution Website

  
  Science Cheerleader — Authority: 128
  Humans evolved. Shouldn’t our websites? That’s the idea behind NOVA’s new Beta Evolution website , an experimental effort to transform the way NOVA delivers its award-winning science and technology programming. Since 1996, NOVA has pioneered new forms of web-original content with more than 30,000 pages ...
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• Advice from Four Nobel Prize Winners

  
  Growing With Science Blog — Authority: 414
  The Central Arizona branch of the Association for Women in Science recently sent out a transcript of a conversation with the four women who won Nobel Prizes this year. The transcript is from an article is titled:  2009 Nobels: Break or Breakthrough for Women? Science Volume 326, Number 5953, Issue of 30 October ...
  2 weeks ago

• Expanding girls’ horizons: workshops bid to make science sexy

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 539
  Students regularly visit EPFL in Lausanne, but more boys than girls opt to go Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Only 15 percent of women in Switzerland are active in information technology, and only five percent of Swiss engineers are women. This brainpower deficit is addressed in Geneva for the first time by a ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

  
  The Intersection — Authority: 619
  Rebecca Skloot has a book coming out next year… and it sounds spectacular ! There’s already a lot of buzz surrounding the publication of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and this morning Rebecca and her book appeared as the cover story of Publisher’s Weekly behind the heading ‘ The Making of a ...
  2 weeks ago

• even more depressed than usual.

  
  YoungFemaleScientist — Authority: 113
  I dont have a good analogy and I dont really have the energy right now to figure out how to blog anonymously about what has been going on lately. Suffice it to say, its nothing new, nothing dramatic. If it were an isolated event, or only a few, that would be easier to paint as a picture. Instead it has to do with ...
  3 weeks ago

• Gender Bias Bingo

  
  The Intersection — Authority: 619
  Last week, this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education hit my inbox from a reader named ‘Basma’. And then from ‘Jessica’ followed by ‘Cheyanne’. The link continued trickling in over the weekend… Apparently readers are aware I occasionally have something to say about gender bias in academia ...
  3 weeks ago

• To Caroline Lucretia Herschel (Plutonic Sonnets 54, courtesy of PublishAmerica)

  
  Poems at The Poetry Showcase - Share your poems at the Poetry Showcase — Authority: 168
  You were eleven years younger than he; You sang his music, and you sang it well; And when he shifted to astronomy, You shifted with him, and would soon excel. read more
  4 weeks ago

• Can Women Be Creative Scientists? The Dangers of Testing for Creative Ability

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  Is creativity an inborn personality trait or a set of learned skills? The answer determines whether we test for intrinsic talent or teach creative skills. Current research on screening for scientific creativity suggests why getting the answer right is critical to the future of women in science. Many psychologists ...
  4 weeks ago

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