Stories
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Bringing biotech to the people
Amateur scientists have inspired all kinds of frightening scenarios, from Frankenstein’s monster to ‘The Fly’ and ‘Breaking Bad’. But it can be a force for good. Today’s DIYbio enthusiasts are having fun – and even making lucrative breakthrough discoveries.
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Healing hard-working hands
The names we use to describe different hand injuries tell us about history, gender and class. Occupational therapist María Cristina Jiménez explores those injuries, and the changing ways we talk about them.
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The quest to breed gifted children
If you had the chance, would you choose a genius baby?
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Naked, not nude
Classicist Caroline Vout argues that it’s time to take the dust covers off the Ancient Greeks and Romans, and to encounter their bodies not nude, but naked.
Catalogue
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Women scientists and engineers employed in industry : why so few? a report based on a conference / Ad Hoc Panel on Industry, Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council.
Date: 1994- Books
Climbing the ladder : an update on the status of doctoral women scientists and engineers / Committee on the Education and Employment of Women in Science and Engineering, Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council.
Date: 1983- Books
From scarcity to visibility : gender differences in the careers of doctoral scientists and engineers / J. Scott Long, editor ; Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, Panel for the Study of Gender Differences in the Career Outcomes of Science and Engineering Ph.D.s, National Research Council.
Date: [2001], ©2001- Books
Status of women scientists & engineers in the United States / prepared by Betty M. Vetter.
Vetter, Betty M.Date: [1995], ©1995- Books
Becoming leaders : a practical handbook for women in engineering, science, and technology / F. Mary Williams, Carolyn J. Emerson.
Williams, F. Mary.Date: [2008], ©2008