Kristina Lerman, Research Professor of Computer Science, University of Southern California, writer on Tech and Science Post

Female scientists set back by the pandemic may never make up lost time

on 12 August 20215 min read

During the COVID-19 quarantines, scientists, like most professionals, took their work home. Women researchers, however, bore the disproportionate burden of...

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Female scientists set back by the pandemic may never make up lost time

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