Academia isn't strong on gender equality. Women are underrepresented throughout, in the research workforce and even more so as leaders in scientific organizations. This is true for science academies ...

Men and women experience immune aging differently, affecting disease risks. New data-driven research identifies key ...

National Geographic Explorer and conservation photographer Gabby Salazar joins Ian and Tonya Fitzpatrick on this World Footprints podcast episode to talk about her powerful new book, No Boundaries—a ...

Gardening as we know it today didn’t evolve by accident. Many of the practices that we take for granted, like organic methods, ecological planting, and even how we observe plants, were shaped by women ...

It’s now been two years since Great Women of Science debuted, featuring women who have made notable contributions to science, ...

In July 2025, Uganda's courts swiftly dismissed a petition challenging the legality of polygamy, citing the protection of religious and cultural freedom. For most social scientists and policymakers ...

Bringing science closer to communities, nuLab begins its 2026 trips with women scientists and an all-girls mobile classroom ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Academics have long referred to their field as a leaky pipeline — ...

Inrtroduction: Timeline: Black women in science, mathematics, and engineering — Tables — Hattie Carwell : civil rights for all -- Yvonne Young Clark : still going strong -- Anna J. Coble : to the beat ...

Women and early-career researchers faced a disproportionate share of National Institutes of Health grant terminations in 2025, a pattern that could pose long-term consequences for the biomedical ...

Is science biased against girls and women? This is the first of a two-part series. In this first part, I describe why the answer to this question is not quite as simple as many people seem to assume.