science

Awards Named After Men Are More Likely to Go to… Men

Prestigious awards like the Nobel and Pulitzer prizes are disproportionately given to men, but a new study suggests that the gender of their namesakes might be a big reason why

When Dolly the Sheep Made Us All Clone Crazy

A scientific breakthrough led to fevered speculation that seems a bit silly in retrospect

The Surgeon Who Derailed Decades of Medical Research by Giving Himself the Wrong STD

Many 18th-century doctors and scientists believed that gonorrhea and syphilis were the same thing, but John Hunter was the only one with enough confidence to use his penis to prove it

Actually, It’s Men Who Need to Smile More

New research continues to show that male faces are more likely than women’s to be associated with anger. So, come on pretty fella, can you give me a smile?