This is the average face of a STEM Nobel Laureate
File photo courtesy: Adam Baker/Flickr Inside Science has taken public-domain images of more than 500 Nobel Laureates and blended them to create the “average” face...
4 ways your name can affect job prospects, according to research
This article was written for theconversation.com by Ricardo Twumasi, Lecturer in Organisational Psychology, University of Manchester. It has been republished in full under a...
LGBTQ scientists who changed the world
October is LGBT history month in Canada and the U.S., a month-long celebration to honour the many contributions the LGBTQ community has made in...
Growing number of women applying for tech jobs, even those without STEM degrees
File photo courtesy: Unsplash. An increasing number of women are applying for tech jobs — even those without STEM degrees — according to an...
Sounding the alarm on publication bias
File photo courtesy: Unsplash Achieving success after a series of failures isn’t an anomaly: Past research has shown it’s a healthy part of the process....
Science at home boosts children’s academic success
This article was written for theconversation.com by Lynda Colgan, Professor of Elementary Mathematics, Queen’s University, Ontario. It has been republished in full under a...
Dell, Goldman Sachs to pay nearly $17 million to settle gender and race pay bias allegations
File photo courtesy: Unsplash. Dell, Goldman Sachs to pay nearly $17 million to settle gender and race pay bias allegations Goldman Sachs and Dell...
Study finds female surgeons earn 24% less per hour than male counterparts
File photo courtesy: Pixabay. A study from St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto finds female surgeons earn approximately 24 per cent less per hour than...
Study finds link between early-career failure and long-term success
It turns out what doesn’t kill you does make you stronger — and puts you in a better position to succeed, according to a new study. Scientists...
Poll: 43% of Canadian women don’t feel welcome in tech industry
Men continue to dominate the tech sector. As of December 2018, women accounted for less than 20 per cent of all tech jobs in...