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Researchers say ‘alarming’ lack of representation could be contributing to gender gap in the field of Stem

It has become quite common to complain nowadays that, given the overall concern for marginalized groups and the claim that social justice should be of interest to anyone, ideology rules science. Some go even as far as comparing the current research system with Lysenkoism, a flawed approach to plant genetics…

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Seventy years ago, two male scientists, Francis Crick and James Watson, proclaimed they had discovered the secret of life: the structure of DNA. Since then, history has acknowledged how Rosalind Franklin was sidelined. But new archive evidence has cast doubt on the widely accepted narrative – that Franklin collected an…

The story of how scientists discovered DNA's shape may be getting another twist

Authors say scientist’s role was acknowledged at the time of discovery – contrary to popular narrative