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A MAGAZINE FOR THE HISTORY & POPULAR CULTURE OF SCIENCE. WE PUBLISH A VARIETY OF VOICES & WORK ON WOMEN & GENDER ACROSS THE SCIENCES.

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When will sexbots reflect more than stereotypical male fantasies?

Feb 11

Feb 11 When will sexbots reflect more than stereotypical male fantasies?

Joelle Renstrom

What We Talk About When We Talk About Genitals

Jan 28

Jan 28 What We Talk About When We Talk About Genitals

Spinster Science

Jan 23

Jan 23 Spinster Science

Kristen Vogt Veggeberg

How Rita Arditti, radical scientist and activist, fought for health and science justice

Jan 14

Jan 14 How Rita Arditti, radical scientist and activist, fought for health and science justice

Nov 19

Nov 19 Circus Science

2019, Sports & Science Series, Essays

Does basketball size improve the game for women? Not really.

Nov 13

Nov 13 Does basketball size improve the game for women? Not really.

2019, Sports & Science Series, Essays

What Bi+ Women Want in the Tech World

Sep 18

Sep 18 What Bi+ Women Want in the Tech World

2019, Essays, Science & Desire

How Desire Built One of the Best Information Archives Online

Sep 10

Sep 10 How Desire Built One of the Best Information Archives Online

2019, Science & Desire, Essays

Mary Hunter Austin, Chronicler of the American West, Born 151 Years Ago Today

Sep 8

Sep 8 Mary Hunter Austin, Chronicler of the American West, Born 151 Years Ago Today

Why Equal Access to the Academic Stage is Still an Upward Battle

Aug 19

Aug 19 Why Equal Access to the Academic Stage is Still an Upward Battle

The Black Women Food Scientists Who Created Meals For Astronauts

Jul 15

Jul 15 The Black Women Food Scientists Who Created Meals For Astronauts

Charnell Chasten Long

2019, Apollo 50, Essays

Science museums are failing to embrace a more diverse vision of spaceflight

Jul 9

Jul 9 Science museums are failing to embrace a more diverse vision of spaceflight

Ellie Armstrong

2019, Apollo 50, Essays

An Apollo Engineer’s Remarkable Career in Spaceflight

Jul 2

Jul 2 An Apollo Engineer’s Remarkable Career in Spaceflight

Apollo 50, 2019, Essays