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Doodles of scientists reveal changing gender stereotypes

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An experiment which asks children to draw a researcher has revealed how gender stereotypes are slowly changing over time. The study, from researchers at Northwestern University and published in the Child Development, looked at how children's gender‐science stereotypes have changed over the last five decades by analyzing the...

International Women’s Day is all about challenging stereotypes and bias

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This year International Women's Day is all about challenging stereotypes and bias with #PressforProgress. Watch Our Born to Engineer Film Pushing Boundaries - Women in Engineering - Follow Dawn Bonfield on her journey looking at some incredible and inspiring stories of female engineers - could the next...

Natural History Museum shares the inspiring stories of women in science and research

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The Natural History Museum is home to more than 300 scientists who spend their days inside collections, storeroom and labs at the Museum. For me science is all about problem solving, which is why it’s so important to have people from a diverse range of back grounds working...