gender gap

Sometimes We REALLY Need Girl Power…

by podblack on June 3, 2008

Ha, in response to my entry to the Classic Science Papers challenge (all done! Check them out!), a friend sends me the following as a suggestion for my next entry (I believe A Blog Around the Clock’s Coturnix thinks it now should become a blog carnival?). ‘Social Factors Influencing Problem Solving In Women’ by Hoffman [...]

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Mind The Gap?

by podblack on March 15, 2008

A lot of attention has been given to the recent win of Shivani Sud, a young woman of Indian heritage who took first prize in the Intel Science Talent Search (formerly the Westinghouse Science Talent Search). It led me to reflect upon an article by Freakonomics in the NY Times, which touches upon some recent [...]

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