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None of the 2021 science Nobel laureates are women – here's why men still dominate STEM award winning

  • Written by: Mary K. Feeney, Professor and Lincoln Professor of Ethics in Public Affairs, Arizona State University
None of the 2021 science Nobel laureates are women – here's why men still dominate STEM award winningFrances Arnold received the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.© Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud

All of the 2021 Nobel Prizes in science were awarded to men.

That’s a return to business as usual after a couple of good years for female laureates. In 2020, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna won the chemistry prize for their work...

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