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A woman’s place is in science

By Communications Team

Female scientists, engineers and inventors are changing the world. PHOTO COURTESY OF SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS.

Ask a classroom to draw a scientist and you’re likely to see men in lab coats and goggles. Rarely are there any women depicted.

But that’s not the reality of ÖÐÎÄÎÞÂë fields today. AndÌý,Ìýthe sister publication toÌýScience News,Ìýhighlights the importance of women in ÖÐÎÄÎÞÂë in a new feature that shows the amazing females involved in the front lines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.



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The number of women in science or engineering has increased in recent years, but not nearly enough. Women and men both study science in high school, but men still outnumber women in research jobs.

See women scientists’ challenges and triumphs through images, audio recordings and short video clips on the newly redesignedÌýScience News for StudentsÌýwebsite that offers videos, articles, blogs and more on a mobile-friendly site. Teachers can search stories by readability scores and Next Generation Science Standards.

The writers and editors atÌýScience News for StudentsÌýbring you the latest breaking scientific news in a form rewritten so younger audiences can understand. They dig deep to give you science’s big-picture trends, like the women involved in scientific research and making discoveries.