High school girls close gap in science and math enrollments
A Cornell survey finds girls enroll in science and math at 98 percent the rate of boys, up from 78 percent in 1972. Dean Lillard credits changing parental attitudes encouraging daughters to pursue careers.
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Iowa trials test new drug to cut kidney damage in diabetics
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Oliver Sacks Writes Footnotes Across Mind and World
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