The WISE initiative is coordinated nationally by the UWI Faculty of Science & Technology (FST UWI-Mona), a long-standing ...

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a nationwide conversation in the U.S. about how much people trust scientists and trained ...

When you think of groundbreaking discoveries in science, the names of Albert Einstein, Marie Curie or Isaac Newton often come to mind. However, many Black female scientists have been just as impactful ...

Less than 30 percent of professors in STEM fields in the U.S. are women, even though women earn 40 percent of all doctorates in science, technology, engineering and math. Credit: Kate Flock for The ...

The group 500 Women Scientists was launched after the 2016 election. If young girls can be what they see in the world, then prepare for a new generation of female scientists. The visibility of women ...

Ten great stories about 10 forgotten female scientists that we hope will inspire middle school readers to pursue their own ...

Women scientists often feel intimidated when they begin their careers and have to balance work and family demands, according to a NASA scientist who will make a presentation Dec. 8 in San Francisco at ...

Despite years of programs to get girls to code and to pair female scientists with mentors, men outnumber women two-to-one in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kim Elsesser covers issues that impact women in the workplace. A new study finds women's scientific papers are cited less in ...

Women seeking success in science face many problems. They often are poorly represented on study sections and editorial boards, as well as among officers of some professional societies. Women ...

For every man older than 110, there are nine women. Before she died in August at age 117, supercentenarian Maria Branyas — the world’s oldest verified person — credited her bonus years not to any high ...

"When I accepted this invitation last fall, I didn't know that speaking out as a university president on the subject of under-representation of women would become a form of risk taking that made ...