A woman won a Nobel Prize, but science is still sexist
Get the Full StoryOne of the 2018 Nobel Prizes in physics went to Donna Strickland, a major accomplishment for any scientist. Yet much of the news coverage has focused on the fact that she s only the third female physicist to receive the award, after Marie Curie in 1903 and Maria Goeppert-Mayer 60 years later. Though biochemical engineer Frances Arnold also won this year, for chemistry, the rarity of female Nobel laureates raises questions about women s exclusion from education and careers in science. Female researchers have come a long way over the past century. But there s overwhelming evidence that women remain underrepresented in the… This story continues at The Next WebShare: