In the 1970s, Sheila Tobias noticed something peculiar going on in mathematics. In one of her early studies, the graduate of Radcliffe College, self-described "scholar activist," and author of 14 ...

Should we be worried that young girls are not pursuing math-related careers at the same rate as young men? After all, in our technological era, many of tomorrow’s well-paying jobs will require ...

When it comes to stem jobs like engineering and medicine and computers, there’s a long history of gender performance bias, with many people believing that boys’ math capabilities are better than girls ...

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Are boys really better at math than girls? Nah, that doesn’t add up. That’s according to new research out of Carnegie Mellon University. Neuroscientists looked at young boys’ and girls’ brains, and ...