AI is growing to mimic our most ingrained biases, including gender bias, despite its promises of an impartial future. Is a biased AI an unavoidable result of a biased...
Curious why classes were cancelled on December 3? Learn about the misogyny that fueled a devastating 1989 massacre
Last month, I attended the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) Annual Meeting & Expo in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it was one of the most inspiring experiences of...
Remembering Jane Goodall, a scientist who made hope a strategy and empathy a necessity.
Learn the exceptional stories behind the Women in Physics events created at UCT this year.
However, one of the scientists who contributed to the discovery of the DNA structure wasn't given as much credit as the other three, that scientist is Rosalind Franklin.
The Matilda Effect is a bias in science where women’s contributions are overlooked, misattributed to men, or forgotten entirely. It’s a term coined by Margaret W. Rossiter in 1993,...
This article shares the life of Gladys West, an incredible woman in STEM who has helped all of us find our way in life, literally!
Breaking Barriers, Building Futures As a pre-med student, I see firsthand how important it is for women to have a strong presence in STEM fields. Whether in medicine, engineering,...
Over the past several decades, space research and exploration has improved not only in how we can better understand our universe but also in the diversity of who can...