With Women’s History Month coming in March, the La Jolla Light interviewed several local female science teachers about their efforts to close the gender gap in science and why that’s important. “I ...

The underrepresentation of women in almost all science and engineering fields is a well-documented statistic. The National Academies have issued four significant reports since 2001 examining the ...

Many women of our generation entering careers in marine science take for granted that we will be given the same opportunities and respect as men receive. Less than a decade before most of us were born ...

There’s an animated discussion in the making about female science bloggers. It started in the wake of an excellent session on women bloggers at ScienceOnline 2011, and has led to several thoughtful ...

Women earn over 60% of biology bachelor’s and master’s degrees and over half of doctoral degrees in biological sciences. With these statistics, it might seem that we have finally closed the gender gap ...

As Chief Scientist Angela Klemmedson checked her team’s roster for this summer’s research cruise of the California Current, she realized they had something in common: every scientist sailing was a ...

Female science communicators are taking social media by storm in 2025. These aren't your average content creators, and their numbers aren't average either. This year, out of the top 50 STEM ...

Leonard Sax, everyone’s favorite advocate of gender-based education, has a commentary in this week’s Ed Week, “Where the Girls Aren’t: What the Media Missed in the AAUW’s Report on Gender Equity.” ...

Diana Quincannon has been teaching at The Children’s School for seven years. Courtesy photo For two female science teachers in San Diego, chemist Rosalind Franklin, and primatologist and ...

A milestone study on bias against women in science has been debunked - after nearly identical research found the opposite is true. An experiment, first published in 2012, asked 127 science professors ...

Stamped in relief on the back of the heavy gold medal given to Nobel Prize recipients in the sciences is the image of two women. One, bare-breasted and holding a cornucopia, represents Nature. Pulling ...