New research across 1,176 species reveals why women live longer than men, and the most interesting thing isn't what you think ...

Women who strength train tend to live longer, thanks to reduced risk of death from all causes, including fatal cardiovascular ...

Dr. Nettie Stevens broke down barriers for women and opened up doors of knowledge for all humankind. She decoded the science between the two genders. A pioneering cytogeneticist and researcher at Bryn ...

Women earn over 60% of biology bachelor’s and master’s degrees and over half of doctoral degrees in biological sciences. With these statistics, it might seem that we have finally closed the gender gap ...

Whether teaching about the practices and systems that led to high rates of diabetes in Black communities or discussions about the Flint water crisis, Black female science teachers are finding ways to ...

This International Women's Day, and particularly today, March 8, is a celebration of these ladies and what they bring to the world, more than a partner to men or bringing the next generation to the ...

Introduction: Reading women's silence in the history of science -- Section I: Antiquity to the Middle Ages. Physicians, midwives, and "grannies" ; The supernatural and the sanctified -- Section II: ...

It’s hardly radical to say that women’s bodies are inherently smaller and weaker than men’s bodies—but research compiled in Starre Vartan’s illuminating new book The Stronger Sex: What Science Tells ...

On today’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, only a few nations have reached parity in tertiary STEM education. Numbers from a UNESCO database show that a majority of countries, ...

Introduction -- Hypatia (350-370 CE-415 CE?) -- Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) -- Wang Zhenyi (1768-1797) -- Mary Anning (1799-1847) -- Ada Lovelace (1815-1852 ...

It’s hard to build novel products without great science. When it comes to women’s health, we still don't have all the answers to very basic questions: What causes endometriosis, and what’s the cure?