Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Friederike Otto, 42, is a climate scientist at Imperial College London, where she is best known for pioneering the new field of ...

The group 500 Women Scientists was launched after the 2016 election. If young girls can be what they see in the world, then prepare for a new generation of female scientists. The visibility of 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 ...

TK Radha was a brilliant Indian physicist who earned a rare invitation from Robert Oppenheimer to conduct research at ...

ALBANY, New York — Tree roots have long served as a useful metaphor for articulating connections between people, places, and ideas. And yet, it’s a limited structure. In the 1980s, French philosophers ...

Experts have long known that women are at a greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. They’re twice as likely to be affected as men. Now scientists say they may be on their way to understanding ...

Zee Samvad: The ISRO scientists spoke about India’s scientific progress, the work culture inside ISRO and the challenges ...

Usually, when you have all the biomarkers or "pathology" of a disease, that means you have the disease and will likely experience the symptoms and side effects that come with it. Here's what you need ...

In honor of Women’s History Month, The Root pays tribute to African-American women working in the fastest growing field around the globe. While their numbers may be relatively few (pdf), they are ...

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.