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Hundreds of physicists condemn sexist talk at CERN on women in physics

Following a talk by Alessandro Strumia at particle physics lab CERN that sparked outrage about sexism, hundreds of researchers have rallied together to push back against his claims

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It has been a good/bad week for women in physics

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Physics

Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins $3m Breakthrough prize for pulsars discovery

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Humans

Calling men by their surname gives them an unfair career boost

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New Scientists looking through pink and blue dishes

Humans

Survey reveals extreme gender bias plagues STEM 鈥� it must change

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Humans

In 2018, science needs its own version of the #MeToo campaign

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Humans

The dearth of women in tech is nothing to do with testosterone

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Ada Lovelace

Technology

Time to bust the myth that Ada Lovelace was an overhyped aristo

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Mary Somerville

Health

Mary Somerville: Queen of 19th-century science

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Mary Jackson

Space

When computers were human: The black women behind NASA鈥檚 success

In the mid-20th century, when discrimination and segregation were rife, a number of black women were making their mark at NASA. Here are just a few

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Space

Katherine Johnson: The brilliant woman who got the US into space

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Humans

Quick fixes on stereotypes won鈥檛 mean more female scientists

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Humans

The lost women of Enlightenment science

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Physics

The bold, brilliant woman who championed Newton’s physics

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