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Science fields are improving at being more inclusive. But explicit and implicit barriers still hold women back from advancing in the same numbers as men to the upper reaches of STEM academia.
A new study reveals how female climate scientists are perceived by their peers during media interviews.
Excluding, silencing and discouraging so many brilliant minds carries a very heavy cost, not just to the women directly impacted, but to all of humanity.
The results of Foote’s simple experiments were confirmed through hundreds of tests by scientists in the US and Europe. It happened more than a century ago.
Science teaches you many skills. Even if you don’t plan for a science related career, including a science subject in your senior years can provide a good balance. But only if you’re interested.
John Glenn would have turned 100 on July 18, 2021. Today’s space program is a giant leap more inclusive than when he made his pioneering orbit of the Earth in 1962.
Oceanographer Robert D. Ballard, who is best known for finding the wreck of Titanic, has written a memoir recounting his biggest discoveries and calling for more ocean exploration.
An analysis of data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has found the gender gap in maths tests increased where papers contained more multiple choice questions.
Women enrolled in STEM courses are often more confident than men, but it hasn’t translated into career success and they are still very much a minority. More needs to be done in workplaces and schools.
Antarctic research has historically been a bastion of men from Europe and North America. Only now is the field opening up to women and people of colour. And there’s a way to go yet.
Less than 30% of researchers worldwide are women. The biases and perceptions that keep women and girls out of STEM must be tackled.
Marie Curie overcame innumerable obstacles, and in the process has become a role model. But does the latest film version of her life do her story justice?
Australia loses female talent at every stage of the STEM pipeline. A program in which educators and industry work together to help women gain in-demand skills is one piece in the puzzle.
More than 280 women in STEMM call for a marine protected area to be established in the waters of the Western Antarctic Peninsula.
Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier have been awarded the Nobel prize in Chemistry for their revolutionary work on ‘gene scissors’ that can edit DNA.
With 3% of science Nobels going to women and zero going to Black people, these awards are an extreme example of how certain demographics are underrepresented in STEM fields.
Fellowships should recognise that women may have different responsibilities when it comes to domestic chores and care of the family. This influences their academic opportunities and career choices.
Lockdowns, working from home and funding cuts put a generation of Australian scientists at risk of dropping out.
We need our scientists now more than ever to help us grow the high-value industries that will secure our future jobs and prosperity.
Top contributors
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Australian Government Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor of Practice, UNSW
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Professor and Associate Dean - Diversity, Belonging, Inclusion, and Equity, Australian National University
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Professor and Lincoln Professor of Ethics in Public Affairs, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor, Interim Pro Vice Chancellor Learning and Teaching, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Cultural Studies in Health
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Senior Research Fellow in Antarctic and island conservation science, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Sydney
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Australia's Chief Scientist, Office of the Chief Scientist
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Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Innovation & Change), Professor of Astrophysics, Swinburne University of Technology
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Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Science, Wesleyan University
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Lecturer, Education Futures, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor of Critical Media Practices and Digital Humanities, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Mathematics, University of Sydney
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Professor in Economics, Monash University
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Research Manager at E61 Institute, Bocconi University