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Men and Women 'both from planet Earth'

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:01:43 +0000

telegraph.co.uk

The notion that men are from Mars and women from Venus is nonsense, according to experts who claim there is virtually no psychological difference between the sexes.

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Battle of the Sexes: How Women and Men See Things Differently

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:54:50 +0000

news.nationalgeographic.com

Men and women differ when it comes to how much of an image they explore and where they focus their attention.

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Empowerment through Women, technology and mobile phones

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:10:11 +0000

blog.mysciencework.com

In a continent such as Africa, villagers can be very isolated. Mobile phones shorten distances; they connect everyone to every place on earth. At the Women’s Forum last week Cherie Blair made it clear that helping Africa develop its economy has to be based on new communication technologies.

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Entrepreneurial french women tackle health issues

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:28:23 +0000

blog.mysciencework.com

Created in 2006, the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards recognize five women entrepreneurs each year from five regions of the world for the quality and the promise of their project. This year, 2 French women have entered the final round of this competition, something that has not happened since 2007.

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At Mothership HackerMoms, the Freedom to Be Empowered

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:38:36 +0000

blog.mysciencework.com

Mothership HackerMoms is the first-ever hackerspace devoted to mothers and their children. Going beyond computers and programming, this community taps into the basic philosophy of hacking, explains Lisha Sterling

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Science: it's our thing

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:21:04 +0000

youtube.com

This video was made in response to the European Commission's 'Science: it's a girl thing' campaign. It was made by student and professional scientists attending a Les Houches Ecole de Physique summer school on topics in soft condensed matter.

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World’s Most Powerful Women Define Power

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:01:13 +0000

womensforumblog.wordpress.com

Daily Video via Forbes: World’s Most Powerful Women Define Power (by The Women's Forum blog)

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D-I-Y Women Taking Up Tech Hacking

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:28:43 +0000

txchnologist.com

Crystal Butler, one of the mind-controlled game of Pong's creators and an active Hack Manhattan member, doesn’t seem to be your typical hacker. For one thing, she's a she.

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Mothership HackerMoms

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 22:02:36 +0000

mothership.hackermoms.org

The first women’s hackerspace dedicated to giving mothers the time and space to explore DIY craft and design, hacker/maker culture, entrepreneurship, and all manner of creative expression.

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Women dance most attractively when fertile

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:34:08 +0000

newscientist.com

When women are in their fertile phase, they are judged by men to be more attractive when dancing, compared with their dance moves during a non-fertile

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Women, research and universities: Pursuing excellence in research without loss of talent

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:29:17 +0000

leru.org

Not enough women opt for a career in research and too many drop out as they advance in an academic career. League of European Research Universities (LERU) is releasing a paper today with a commitment and with recommendations on what universities and others can do to make research careers attractive.

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EU Badbuzz : "Science it's a girl thing!"

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 08:34:32 +0000

scienceineurope.com

Although intentions of the EU are good, boost and balance presence of women in labs, the trailer campaign was considered an offense, insulting women and scientists at once. The schocking video was very fast and widely badbuzzing all around social media.

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Mates of State OFFICIAL VIDEO for "I am a scientist" Guided by Voices cover

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 06:07:48 +0000

youtube.com

Support girls in science: http://sciencefaircd.com Directed by: Lindsay Van Dyke Director of Photography: Tim Kerigan Grips: Julia Kurtz, Sarah Fahey, Sarah ...

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An Arbitrary List of Great Innovators Who Happen To Be Women

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:44:40 +0000

txchnologist.com

Women have been naturalists, scientists, healers and inventors throughout the history of our species. Some of their names have been embedded in our collective memory and will remain there as long as we populate the Earth thanks to the transformative effects of their work.

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Girlie scientist role models could do more harm than good

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:29:40 +0000

bps-research-digest.blogspot.co.uk

The lack of women in science careers continues to raise concerns. What's needed to inspire schoolgirls, you might think, is sciencey female role models. However girlie science role models can backfire, actually putting off girls who have little existing interest in science and maths subjects.

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Black women leaders approved for assertiveness in the workplace

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:23:47 +0000

psychologicalscience.org

While white men are expected to be assertive and aggressive leaders, black men and white women are often penalized for that kind of behavior in the workplace. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, looks at another group: black women.

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