Look, it’s the most rare thing: pure human wonder, expressed by adults, in a respectable setting. Via BoingBoing, here is a video capturing the reaction of a handful of scientists on board the Exploration Vessel Nautilus, whose remote operation vehicle has descended to nearly 2,000 feet under the sea near the coast…

Lego has announced that it will launch science-themed play sets featuring female scientists and their lab tools. The series was chosen as the latest winner of Legos Ideas—in which people can submit and vote on proposals for play sets they'd like the toy company to sell—and comes on the heels of criticism surrounding…

Remember that totally ineffective "Science: It's a Girl Thing" campaign from the European Union Commission that used ladymag imagery to attempt to entice young girls to the pursuit of science? You know, the one that cost $128,136, looked kind of like a video version of the game Mall Madness and turned out to garner…

Another day, another study that proves women get paid way, way less than men who are at the same stage in their careers: researchers looked at female and male physician-scientists' work hours, academic titles, specialties, ages, and any other factors that could influence their paycheck, making sure to only study…

You may have noticed that it's really, really nice out! And after only a few measly inches of snow this "winter," too. Hmmm...warm winter...really warm spring...wait...NOW I GET IT.

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.

Little known fact: L'Oreal is a big supporter of female scientists.

• 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:

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]

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]

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]

Awesome, awesome article in the Times yesterday about "a new crop of scientists using their children as research subjects."

"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…