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#Perspective / Gender diversity in science: How children's drawings are changing the perception of scientists

A recent study published in the journal, Child Development, found that children are drawing more female scientists than ever before, with girls more likely to draw female scientists than boys. The study found that children as young as six years old showed more gender diversity in their drawings of scientists than in previous years. Specifically, the study found that 28 per cent of the children drew female scientists, compared to 0.6 per cent in a similar study conducted in the 1960s.

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Gender diversity in science: How children's drawings are changing the perception of scientists

A recent study published in the journal, Child Development, found that children are drawing more female scientists than ever before, with girls more likely to draw female scientists than boys. The study found that children as young as six years old showed more gender diversity in their drawings of scientists than in previous years. Specifically, the study found that 28 per cent of the children drew female scientists, compared to 0.6 per cent in a similar study conducted in the 1960s.

March 31, 2017
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Bangladeshi scientists offer to help India combat wheat blast

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June 6, 2016
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Scientists grow human organs for transplant inside pigs

Scientists in the United States are trying to grow human organs inside pigs.

April 2, 2016
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Lab-grown skin sprouts hair and glands

Scientists in Japan have successfully transplanted mice with lab-grown skin that has more of the organ's working parts in place than ever before.

March 29, 2016
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Scientists may have discovered the fossilised skull of a ‘Siberian unicorn’

For decades, scientists have estimated that the Siberian unicorn -- a long-extinct species of mammal that looked more like a rhino than a horse -- died out some 350,000 years ago, but a beautifully preserved skull found in Kazakhstan has completely overturned that assumption.

March 5, 2016
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Good news for mango lovers

Wouldn't it be great if you could have a mango in deep winter? Why not any time of the year? What if it was just as yellow and luscious and fragrant as one from peak season?

December 28, 2015
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Melting glaciers blamed for subtle slowing of Earth's rotation

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November 1, 2015
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