Cooking up a twitter storm. Or: What not to do about the gender divide in science
Today, an article appeared on the Guardian website, not in the science section (it was on the US news blog), but tweeted by @guardianscience and containing the word ‘science’ in the title. About girls and science, its headline claimed to explain ‘why the gender gap exists and what to do about it’. I’ve written about women in science before, as there is a large and worrying body of research which suggests that women are less likely to pursue science... Read more


