Diversity

Appointing women to leadership positions renders organizations more likely to describe all women as being powerful, persistent and bold.

Lack of data explains why

Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American

A new generation of scientists are challenging the biased, hierarchical status quo

I am a future psychiatrist hoping to care for transgender people. But I fear these laws will make it difficult to do so

The U.S. Department of Justice announced major changes to the espionage-protection program, but scientists hope for further acknowledgment of the damage done

Critics accuse the organization of opposing efforts to stamp out inequity

We investigate the curious, charged circumstances surrounding the resignation of the director of pediatrics at Columbia University’s Babies Hospital and one pathologist at the center of it all: Dorothy Andersen

Women are investigating critical climate crisis problems such as the stability of giant ice sheets

In our final episode, we explore pathologist Dorothy Andersen’s legacy—what she left behind and how her work has lived on since her death. Describing her mentor’s influence on her life and career, pediatrician Celia Ores gives us a rare look into what Andersen was really like. We then turn to researchers, doctors and patients, who fill us in on the progress that has grown from Andersen’s initial work. These major developments include the discovery of the cystic fibrosis gene, the tremendous impact of the drug Trikafta and the potential of lifesaving gene-editing techniques

Maynard Okereke is using his distinctive voice to fight the lack of minority representation in STEM

A passionate outdoorswoman, a “rugged individualist” and a bit of an enigma—the few traces Dorothy Andersen left behind give us glimpses into who she was. In this episode, we track down people determined to stitch together her life. Our associate producer Sophie McNulty rummages through the basement of one of Andersen’s colleagues for clues about the elusive pathologist. Meanwhile, in Manhattan, N.Y., pediatric intensivist Scott Baird suggests we take a second look at the conventional wisdom surrounding the evolution of cystic fibrosis research in the 1950s. This is the Lost Women of Science podcast