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A landmark study that began in the 1960s looked at how children depicted scientists when they were asked to draw one. Only 28 of nearly 5,000 drawings showed a woman. As time has changed stereotypes, female scientists have appeared in…
The Latest on a Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks’ gestation — the strictest in the nation (all times local): 2:45 p.m. The Republican governor of Mississippi is criticizing a federal judge’s decision to temporarily block a state law…
A skeptical Supreme Court took aim Tuesday at a California law that forces anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers to provide information about abortion. A ruling striking down the law could doom similar laws in Hawaii and Illinois, and also call into…
BMW’s profits this year will at least equal last year’s results as the automaker sinks billions into developing electric and autonomous car technology to meet expected changes in how people get from one place to another, the company said Wednesday.…
Marine mammal expert Dr. Regina Eisert thought minke whales were a little boring until she captured some striking footage of one swimming underwater near Antarctica. Now she thinks they’re beautiful. Eisert said the whales look similar from the surface but…
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State terror group* in Iraq and Syria does not consider it a mission to provoke Syrian government troops and has only ever combated them in self defense, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman…
