Gardening as we know it today didn’t evolve by accident. Many of the practices that we take for granted, like organic methods, ecological planting, and even how we observe plants, were shaped by women ...

In July 2025, Uganda's courts swiftly dismissed a petition challenging the legality of polygamy, citing the protection of religious and cultural freedom. For most social scientists and policymakers ...

A survey reveals sharp divides in who bore the brunt of last year’s spree of grant cancellations by the Trump administration.

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Academics have long referred to their field as a leaky pipeline — ...

Is science biased against girls and women? This is the first of a two-part series. In this first part, I describe why the answer to this question is not quite as simple as many people seem to assume.

While Marie Curie dominates the conversation, there have been many other brilliant women who have pursued science over the years. Harold Clements / Daily Express / Hulton Archive / Getty Images; The ...

Traumatic experiences can cause memory problems, and estrogen may be a key factor that shapes the brain's resilience against ...