Monthly Archives: June 2012

Its a girl thing- but is it a science thing?

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Gill Kirkup

I have been suprised at the almost universal condemnation of the short video produced by the European Commission as part of a campaign to attract more young women to ‘do science’. You can see it on YouTube if you missed … Continue reading →

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Women deal better with being lost in Space

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Gill Kirkup

I was a science fiction reading young teenager in a small northern British town when the first Space programmes were launched. I remember pictures of a debonair Yuri Gagarin and a serious Valentina Tereshkova looking like innocent twins in their … Continue reading →

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