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Female scientists have joined together to disprove one astronomer's thesis: science is just "boys with toys." Shrinivas Kulkarni, an astronomer who teaches astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology, made waves this weekend after he was quoted...

The TV series Halt and Catch Fire tells a story you might not expect about the personal computer revolution of the 1980s. For one thing, it's set in Texas, not Silicon Valley. And though there are plenty of bearded, bespectacled men building things in...

Entrepreneur Petar Vujosevic was just a regular guy who saw a big problem with the way the hiring system works. Typically, a hiring manager posts an opening, describes the ideal candidate and resumes come flooding in. After doing some interviews, the...

The Trick is making them want to stop. The best way to recruit more women into tech? Convince them when they're young that tech is cool. by Donna Tam and Nick Statt May 8, 2015 5:02 AM PDT http://www.cnet.com/news/girls-just-want-to-code-solving-for-xx/

A recent study suggests younger women who have heart attacks may hesitate to get help because they’re afraid of being labeled hypochondriacs. But the bigger problem is just how justified that fear really is. http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/is...

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