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Based on the specious data collected from a new Stanford University study, researchers have determined that girls between the ages of 8 and 12 who spend "considerable" time using social media are likely to be "less happy" than their unplugged peers.   More »
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Little known fact: L'Oreal is a big supporter of female scientists. More »
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•  On Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke about women's health, health care, and contraceptive use at the 15th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development. Here's a few highlights: More »
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Scientists in San Diego say they have developed a process for making genetically modified E. coli bacteria consume sugar and "excrete" the key ingredient in spandex. This is how it starts! [Technology Review] More »
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Marjorie Grene, a scientist instrumental in creating the study of Philosophy of Biology, has died at 98. Dr. Grene was the first woman to get a volume in the "Library of Living Philosophers" series. [NYT] More »
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Check out this list of "The 50 Must-Read Bloggers" on women in science, with titles like See Jane Compute, Dr. Jekyll & Mrs. Hyde, and We Can Sleep Later. [Health Zone Blog, via FairerScience] More »
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Awesome, awesome article in the Times yesterday about "a new crop of scientists using their children as research subjects." More »
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"Try asking out a female arts student for a date. You won't be disappointed as a new study shows that young woman studying arts are most likely to be sexually active," begins an article in today's Times of India. By the same token, apparently anyone asking "male science students" for a "date" is looking for "disaster," since these guys tend to skew inexperienced. Smarmy shorthand aside, we have a few questions about this study's somewhat disturbing results...anecdotal ones, of course! More »
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