Male researchers are more likely to describe their work in publications using positive superlatives than their female colleagues are, a habit tied to more citations.

As we await the announcement of the 2019 Nobel Prize winners, it’s time to question why female scientists still lag behind their male colleagues.

A study finds women continue to be underrepresented among science, engineering, and math professors, despite making up more than half the student population in these fields.

If members don’t explicitly believe gender discrimination exists, they allow implicit stereotypes to sway their decision-making, according to a new analysis of real-world hiring decisions.

More turnover in the agency’s intramural program could boost diversity among laboratory leadership.

Young science professors, both men and women, say their institutions don’t support them with enough mentoring and resources yet ask them to teach sometimes up to 40 hours a week.

Katrina Miranda, seeking class-action status, alleges that women professors are paid less and passed over for promotions and resources.

The journal undertook a self-assessment, finding men have more success than women with all-male review panels.

A judge throws out several of researcher Beverly Emerson’s claims, but the case proceeds.