The journal Nature has published a special issue on Women in Sciences. Here is the link: http://www.nature.com/news/specials/women/index.html
Thanks Ben B. for bringing this to my attention!
Category: Women in Science
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A study published in PNAS found that Science faculty members (women included) show a gender bias in favor of males… in a nutshell, they sent the exact same resume to a number of faculty members and asked them to ranked the resumé based on a number of criterion. The resumé with a male name at the top ranked higher on average than the resumé with a female name at the top. Sad.
Paper abstract here: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/09/14/1211286109.full.pdf)
Full paper here: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/09/14/1211286109.full.pdfThanks Malcolm Hunter for posting this on the Ecolog listserve and bringing this to our attention.
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Check out Jessica Green’s TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/jessica_green_are_we_filtering_the_wrong_microbes.html
Great quote of the day: ” Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience” (Mark Twain)
Julie Messier 