Science fields are improving at being more inclusive. But explicit and implicit barriers still hold women back from advancing in the same numbers as men to the upper reaches of STEM academia.
Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier receiving the Kavli Prize in 2018.
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Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna were awarded the Nobel prize in chemistry for Crispr but they weren’t the only key figures in its development.
Many prizes that aim to spur innovation are winner-take-all.
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Society has never faced more pressing challenges. Researchers are investigating how monetary prizes can help focus innovators’ attention, creativity and investment on finding solutions.
Leonardo da Vinci sketches. He invented the pulley, the parachute and the water-powered mill. None were patented.
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