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She was denied access to a telescope because of her sex, but Dr. Burbidge forged ahead anyway, going on to make pathbreaking discoveries about the cosmos.
After the success of the first two rounds, Women in Technology is organising the third year of WIT Mentoring.
An obituary for the African-American mathematician who played a key role in landing men on the moon.
Katherine Johnson, a NASA trailblazer, dies at 101.
Our largest encyclopedia overwhelmingly recognises the achievements of white men. For physicist Jess Wade, fighting this bias has been an uphill battle to ensure that the scientific contributions made by women and other under-represented communities aren’t lost to posterity.
Women have made significant contributions to the field of science, but often their invaluable advances have been minimized or ignored.
Scientific research can be a daunting career choice for women of colour, according to a recent survey which found they face a "barrage of brief, everyday racial slights" at work.
On 11 February, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the SNSF's social media channels will be reserved for stories about women researchers. The aim is to enhance the visibility of their research projects.
The purpose of the day is to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls.
In science, questions matter a lot. But as a young female scientist speaking up in a public forum, the stakes may just feel a little higher.
Celeste Labedz's picture of herself dressed up as a princess while on a field trip researching glaciers has become a viral hit.
Numerous unsung women, from computer engineers and mathematicians to secretaries and seamstresses, helped put a man on the moon. Here are the stories of some of those women.
University of Geneva Professor Daphne Bavelier explores how individuals learn and adapt to changes in experience, whether induced by nature or by training.
Colleagues, funders and institutions can support pregnant researchers in a variety of ways.
Clarice Phelps may have been the first African-American woman to help discover a chemical element. For Wikipedia, that wasn't enough.
The AAAS IF/THEN Ambassadors program furthers women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics by empowering current innovators and inspiring the next generation of pioneers.
For Karen Uhlenbeck, winner of the Abel Prize for math, a whimsical phenomenon offers a window onto higher dimensions.
On 11 February, the United Nations, partners worldwide, women and girls will mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
This article by Dr Hélène Draux, Research Data Scientist at Digital Science, and Dr Suze Kundu, Head of Public Engagement at Digital Science takes note of 11th February, the annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
In a new study, researchers uncovered female programmers who made important but unrecognized contributions to genetics.
At IE, we are proud to celebrate women in STEM and in that spirit we have combined a list of our favorite seven female-lead YouTube science shows! You go girls!
New research shows girls are more likely to take physical science or technology degrees if they play video games.
On Ada Lovelace Day, we should rethink access to scientific fields, says researcher Jess Wade.
Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell will donate the money to help students underrepresented in physics.
Only 14 percent of all engineers in the U.S. today are women, and the gender imbalance continues, or even worsens, when women enter the workforce.
