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Mattel is releasing a new Game Developer Barbie doll: with a silver headset, a laptop and some cool glasses. This comes after the controversy of last year where the Computer Engineer Barbie book showed Barbie needing to ask a boy to help her.

By Melissa Bendayan

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• Silicon Valley, a new comedy on HBO, depicts life in a new tech start-up. Unfortunately, there are almost no female programmers in the show, which (even more unfortunately) many women saw is a realistic depiction. MTV news interviewed real women in tech to see what they think of the show, here.

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Science Pirate
Alexandra Elbakyan recently shook up the science world by creating Sci-Hub, the largest website for pirated academic papers. She created the website to allow everyone access to scientific journals that are behind a paywall. You can read about the grad student in the center of the conflict here.

By Danae Dodge

John Maddox Prize
Nominations are now open for the 2016 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science. Now in its fifth year, this unique international prize recognizes the work of an individual who promotes sound science and evidence on a matter of public interest, facing difficulty or hostility in doing so.

By Gabrielle-Ann Torre
           
I write this on what feels, to me, to be a monumental day for science: LIGO, a large-scale science experiment, announced the detection of gravitational waves between two black holes, while women in STEM were celebrated on the Inaugural International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Days like this are rare. As scientists, we accept that the fruits of our craft can be underappreciated, a tale of null results and wrong hypotheses. The story of LIGO and the celebration of women in STEM reminded me of an experience that shaped the way I approach research and showed me the importance of communicating our science.

Do you have an idea, invention, or creation that you want to share with the world? The Microsoft Patent Program was recently developed to support the next generation of amazing women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). This program will provide women with the opportunity to develop their ideas, gain mentorship from a board of Microsoft women, and ultimately file for a U.S. patent.

By Melissa Bendayan

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We know everyone is busy and there is a ton of information around the web that you may have missed. Luckily for you, we are here to the rescue! Every two weeks, we will be diligently combing through all the noise out there and highlighting stories about women and STEM from the web that we think you should know about.

By: Lidiya Angelova- Duleva

Being a top scientist is neither a female nor a male job. There is no scientific evidence that states that ones gender is specifically required to obtain a certain profession in science or any other field for that matter. Yet, when you look closely at the data reporting the percentage of female-vs-male full-time STEM professors in the United States and in Europe, only one-fifth are women (1). Interestingly, more women than men earn science degrees (2). A report from the White House Council of Economic Advisers shows that women are 40 % more likely to obtain a graduate school degree (3, 4).

This begs the questions, where do women go and why does it seem to be that they disappear from the fields that they have earned these degrees in?

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We know everyone is busy and there is a ton of information around the web that you may have missed. Luckily for you, we are here to the rescue! Every two weeks, we will be diligently combing through all the noise out there and highlighting stories about women and STEM from the web that we think you should know about.