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woman astronaut cartoon

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Cheer the first women-only spacewalk, but equality is still far away

The first women-only spacewalk is a cause for celebration, but we are still a long way from achieving equality in our space programmes

Children in a classroom

Humans

Boys and girls may have differing attitudes to risk thanks to society

Mind

How neuroscience is exploding the myth of male and female brains

Space

Women are finally getting equal access to the Hubble Space Telescope

Deconstructing Patterns exhibition

Life

Don鈥檛 miss: tiny patterns, a transgender scientist and a Mars meeting

a boy and a girl measuring their heads

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There is no fundamental difference between male and female brains

schoolgirls

Physics

Swelling the number of women in physics will require a broad alliance

Health

WHO calls for ban on 鈥榲irginity tests鈥�, including those used by police

Jess Wade giving a lecture

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It is 2018, so why are we still debating whether women can do physics?

lions fighting

Life

The 7 non-human mammals where females rule the roost

In the wild, males often dominate leadership roles, but not in seven species of mammals ranging from orcas and African elephants to spotted hyenas

Health

Women more likely to survive heart attacks if treated by female doctor

Humans

Why chivalry remains attractive to some women despite being sexist

Humans

How to think about… Gender

Humans

Calling men by their surname gives them an unfair career boost