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Senators Tell The USPTO To Remove The Arbitrary Obstacles Preventing Inventors (Especially Women Inventors) From Getting Patents
There are plenty of issues with the patent system as we know it today, but one big one is with the system we use to award them. It's a problem because the more important we think patents are, the more important it is to ensure that the mechanism...
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The Forgotten Life of Einstein's First Wife
She was a physicist, too—and there is evidence that she contributed significantly to his groundbreaking science
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The sole function of the clitoris is female orgasm. Is that why it’s ignored by medical science?
Medical textbooks are full of anatomical pictures of the penis, but the clitoris barely rates a mention. Many medical professionals are uncomfortable even talking about it
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11 female astronauts who pioneered spaceflight
With a variety of backgrounds and talents, these women have helped push the boundaries of spaceflight
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Australia slams 'grossly, grossly disturbing' invasive searches of women at Doha airport
Marise Payne is demanding answers after female travellers on an Australia-bound Qatar Airways flight were subjected to invasive physical examinations at Doha Airport.
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Women who agree with compliments are viewed more negatively than those who downplay them, study finds
A study exploring women’s responses to compliments in the context of online dating has found that women are rated less favorably when they agree with ...
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Hillary Clinton Urged Americans to Vote During the Unveiling of a New Monument to Suffragists in Central Park
A new monument to Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Sojourner Truth debuted on the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment.
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The Latest Consequence Of #MeToo: Not Hiring Women
The unintended consequences of #MeToo just seem to get worse and worse. Initially, there was evidence that men were shying away from one-on-one interactions with women at work. Now, new research reveals women may be less likely to be hired for jobs where they are required to interact with men.
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The Secret Lives of Teenage Sidekicks
Mindy Kaling’s "Never Have I Ever" joins a handful of new coming-of-age films that break with history to put young women of color at the center of the story.
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Higher trust in intuition helps account for why women are more likely to believe in magical phenomena
A new study provides evidence that women’s reliance on intuition and “gut” feelings helps to explain why they tend to report more magical beliefs than men do. The research has been published in the Journal of Research in Personality.
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NASA astronaut from historic spacewalk becomes first woman to reach deepest point in ocean
Kathy Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space is also the first woman to reach the deepest point in the ocean.
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A Forgotten Twentieth-Century Photographer’s Wild Portraits of Women in Nature
Anne Brigman helped shape American photographic traditions and was anointed by Alfred Stieglitz. Then she fell into obscurity.
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Worldwide Optimism About Future of Gender Equality, Even as Many See Advantages for Men
Twenty-five years after the United Nations’ Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action pledged to take the necessary steps to “remove all obstacles to gender equality and the advancement and empowerment of women,” support for gender equality is strong around the globe. Across 34 countries surveyed by Pew Research Center, a median of 94% think it is important for women in their country to have the same rights as men, with 74% saying this is very important.
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Islamists hurl stones and shoes at Women's Day marchers in Pakistan
Islamists pelted campaigners with stones, shoes and sticks as they marched throu...
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Study finds 90% of people are biased against women
The UN Development Programme analysed biases against gender in 75 countries around the world.
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'The Pill' Might Shrink Certain Brain Regions Among Women Taking It
A brain region called the hypothalamus is smaller among women who use birth control pills, compared with non-users, a new study finds.
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How to Create Events to Help Girls Prepare for STEM Careers
Want to encourage girls to become professional technologists? Here's how to make sure your girls-in-tech events help them to accurately set their Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) career expectations.
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They Said #MeToo. Now They Are Being Sued.
A growing number of men in China are using defamation lawsuits to counter claims of sexual harassment. Women are thinking twice about speaking out.
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Status Boosts Men’s Attraction to Beautiful Women
A new study examined the effects of status and beauty on women’s attractiveness.
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The women who sewed the suits for the space race
The suits that kept Nasa’s astronauts alive in the cold void of space were sewn, one painstaking stitch at a time, by a talented team of expert seamstresses.
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