Read article: Only 12% of prize recipients for awards named after male scientists are women, finds study
Scientific awards can impact career progression, making them an important focus for tackling gender bias
Read article: Beyond a ‘man’s world’: patriarchs, matriarchs and the quest for gender equality
Isabel Rabey reviews The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule by Angela Saini
Read article: Fusion industry has ambitious plans for 2035, rounding out this year’s Nobel prizes
In this podcast we look at this year’s laureates from historical and societal perspectives
Read article: What’s the right way to ensure the best physicists get honoured?
Scientific prizes should honour the best people, not those with the best connections
Read article: Royal Society launches fellowships to support Black scientists
Pilot programme aims to address under-representation through funding and mentoring support
Read article: Percentage of disabled physicists in the UK has halved in one year, finds survey
The percentage of people with a disability is also lower in physics than it is in the chemical and biological sciences
Read article: Female PhD students miss out on chance to become inventors, finds study
Women in technical PhD programmes are given less hands-on experience in patenting and commercial science compared to their male counterparts
Read article: Challenging the space industry’s attitudes towards diversity, the ‘wild boar paradox’ explained
In this podcast we meet members of Space Pride
Read article: What a novel can teach us about sexism in the scientific workplace
Kate Gardner reviews Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Read article: How Space Pride is campaigning for change in the space sector
A new charity called Space Pride wants to challenge the space industry’s outdated attitudes to diversity by hosting a fashion gala at a major space congress in Milan
