Women are significantly under-represented as last authors on high-quality research papers, according to a recent analysis.

US male PhD holders earn more than female counterparts across nearly every scientific field.

Poorer performance found to be based on less positive evaluation of female principal investigators, not differences in the quality of science

Research into jobs finds men’s dominance in IT and biotech is reversing trend towards equality.

‘Scientific’ eugenics is on the rise, and grabbing a foothold in respected journals. The claim that these theories are a credible part of a general discussion should worry us all.

LERU published its newest advice paper that focuses on implicit gender bias, although there are many other types of bias at play in our daily lives and in academia.

Science is a brutally competitive field. Long days in the lab are a given. Every hour of available time is an advantage, especially in the crucial early years of a postdoctoral career.

As a culture and a profession, medicine continues to systematically disadvantage women physicians at every stage of their careers.

For far too long, Darwinian theory has justified sexist attitudes and behavior.

To correct gender disparities in academia, the Max Planck Society and the Australian government are taking the uncommonly direct approach of affirmative action.

Strategy for gender balance and equal opportunities for women and men at the ETH Domain.

It’s not because they turn down talks more often, or because there aren’t enough women to invite.

The number of women in scientific research continues to lag behind the number of men, even though women make up half the nation's workforce. The question is, What difference does it make?

Schools must encourage young people to question gender norms and behaviours, and ensure that sex education goes beyond biology

The Hanson Robotics headline maker is now pushing for women's rights in a country that granted her more rights than it grants most human females.