One box of Girl Scout Cookies worth $15 billion
Scientists can make graphene out of just about anything with carbon -- even Girl Scout Cookies.
Scientists can make graphene out of just about anything with carbon -- even Girl Scout Cookies.
Nanomaterials
Aug 4, 2011
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"Girls are expected to work harder, perform better academically and behave better. On the other hand, boys are allowed to get away with worse behavior. In addition, less is expected of them, which discourages many of them ...
Education
Nov 15, 2021
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We made something of a splash with our recent article suggesting that gender gaps in student performance in physics could result from gender differences in urination practice (standing versus sitting).
Social Sciences
Sep 25, 2017
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Most parents understand the importance of keeping their kids active in a time when childhood obesity is becoming a serious problem. But one University of Alberta researcher wants to go a step further and ...
Social Sciences
May 12, 2009
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A trio of researchers at the University of Oxford has found that in stories by children of either gender, male characters appear more often than female characters. In their paper published in the journal Society for Research ...
When it comes to mathematics, girls rate their abilities markedly lower than boys, even when there is no observable difference between the two, according to Florida State University researchers.
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2017
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Mexican experts plan to extract the entire skeleton of a teenage girl who nearly 13,000 years ago toppled into a deep hole in a Mexican cave and died, an official said Monday.
Archaeology
May 19, 2014
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Little girls growing up in western society are expected to be neat and tidy "all ribbon and curls" and one researcher who studies science and gender differences thinks that emphasis may contribute to higher ...
Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2011
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Even a small effort up front can boost the abilities and confidence of girls as they anticipate taking challenging science courses.
Education
Mar 6, 2021
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(Phys.org) -- Women who excel in male-dominated science, technology, engineering and mathematic fields are often unjustly stereotyped as unfeminine.
Social Sciences
Apr 25, 2012
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