Women

The Parallel Universes of a Woman in Science

In physics and in life, choice and possibility play…

My Family, My Science

One girl’s scientific coming of age

Ingenious: Hope Jahren

Meet the Lab Girl

By Michael Segal

Why Egg Freezing Is an Impossible Choice

I don’t want to surrender to a lottery. But will I regret not…

Your City Has a Gender and It’s Male

Why city designers are increasingly thinking about the female…

Spark of Science: France A. Cordova

The director of the National Science Foundation on what brought…

The Woman Who Gave Us the Science of Normal Life

Before Rachel Carson there was Ellen Swallow…

Meet Seven Extraordinary Women Scientists

A neuroscientist turned designer has created a unique…

Social Inequality Leaves a Genetic Mark

When genetic structure follows social structure

Why Women Choose Differently at Work

Psychologist Susan Pinker on the role of choice in gender…