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education / gender / identity / science / Society and Culture / STEM / stereotypes

Girls who pretend to be Marie Curie stick with science

Young girls who pretend to be a famous female scientist like Marie Curie are more willing to keep playing a science game, a new study shows.

confidence / science / Science and Technology / Society and Culture

Science skeptics often suffer from overconfidence

People who dispute scientific consensus on topics like vaccines or climate change tend to be overconfident about the knowledge on those subjects.

confidence / science / Science and Technology / Society and Culture

Science skeptics often suffer from overconfidence

People who dispute scientific consensus on topics like vaccines or climate change tend to be overconfident about the knowledge on those subjects.

beliefs / consumers / food / genes / genetic engineering / science / Society and Culture

Survey gauges trust in gene-edited foods

Gene-edited foods won’t require labels when they show up in US grocery stories. That may be right, but what if consumers feel betrayed?

bias / gender / research / science / Society and Culture

Women in science get less credit on papers and patents

Women in science are 13% less likely to be named as authors in related scientific articles than male counterparts, and 59% less likely to have their name on patents.

beliefs / Featured / gender / science / Society and Culture / STEM / stereotypes

Little kids don’t believe girls like computer science and engineering

Kids as young as 6 develop ideas that girls aren’t interested in computer science and engineering. The stereotypes could add to the gap in STEM careers.

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