A pair of researchers, one with the University of Missouri at Saint Louis, the other at Johns Hopkins University, has found evidence of tattoos on the bodies of women who lived in Egypt thousands of years ago. In their paper ...
The hand skeletons of women workers from the early days of industrialization reflect the diverse and unstable manual activities of their everyday lives.
Archaeology
Nov 2, 2022
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Scientists from the University of Bristol and NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) have discovered a rare new blood group system. The findings, published in Blood, also solve a 30-year mystery.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 6, 2022
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It's 2022 and women in science are still less likely than their male peers to be hired and promoted. Women are less likely to be mentored by eminent faculty, they publish in less prestigious journals, have fewer collaborators, ...
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2022
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As a biracial woman, it wasn't easy for Jillian Sunderland to spend countless hours studying a website devoted to racism, misogyny and hate.
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2022
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Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes trees to put more resource into developing root systems below ground.
Ecology
Sep 23, 2022
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Despite the strides made in electing women to office, women are still grossly underrepresented in all levels of government. Women make up just over a quarter of all members of the 117th Congress (147 of the total 535 seats), ...
Social Sciences
Sep 16, 2022
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The number of medical science publications by mixed-gender teams has grown rapidly over the past two decades, but remains underrepresented compared to what would be expected by chance.
Social Sciences
Aug 30, 2022
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"Happy wife, happy life," the saying goes. But the expression is outdated and new research shows that the assumptions behind it are out of step too.
Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2022
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The U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade paved the way for limits on abortion but also created uncertainty around the future of birth control. This could have far-reaching implications for many people as a research ...
Social Sciences
Jul 26, 2022
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