Imagine asking a classroom full of elementary school students to draw a scientist. Now try to guess how many of them would sketch a female or male scientist. In the decade that spanned 1966 to ...

For step-by-step written instructions on how to draw a female figure, read the tutorial below. Click the icon in the top right of each image to enlarge it. 01. Start with simple shapes.

Mixed-gender research teams remain significantly underrepresented in science. At the same time, male-female teams are more likely to produce novel and highly cited research than are same-gender teams.

"Children are drawing more female scientists than ever before, but they’re still drawing more male scientists as they get older," says David Miller, the study's lead author and a Ph.D. candidate ...