Human history is much deeper, more complex, and more nuanced than you probably remember from school. Many history books, especially the ones you read in class, focus on major events like battles and ...

February 11 marks International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a United Nations initiative to both celebrate groundbreaking talent in their respective fields and to recognize ongoing gender-based ...

Christa Kuljian received research funding from Harvard University's Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America and from the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine ...

Dr. Flemmie Kittrell was a Black home economist whose research in the field of early childhood education shaped the way we think about child development today. She became the first Black woman to earn ...

Women were on a par with men in life, physical and social sciences, but that ranged widely – from 36% who worked as chemists, to 55% who were biologists, to 88% who were school psychologists Worldwide ...

At WIRED, one of our goals is to be your guide to the technologies that shape our world and the people behind them. From entrepreneurs and activists to clinicians and researchers, WIRED aims to shine ...

Illustrated biographies of fifty women who made significant contributions to science, from Hypatia to Marie Curie to Rachel Carson to Jane Goodall. Includes biographies of two women affiliated with ...

Women in science are less likely to get credit for the work they do, according to a ground-breaking new study. While the idea that women are less likely to get the plaudits for their work than their ...

In the 1920s, when quantum mechanics was young, physicists Jane Dewey and Laura Chalk performed some of the first experimental tests of the theory, based on a phenomenon called the Stark effect. Later ...

Only 20 percent of computer science and 22 percent of engineering undergraduate degrees in the U.S. go to women. Women are missing out on flexible, lucrative and high-status careers. Society is also ...