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

  • Written by Kristina Lerman, Research Professor of Computer Science, University of Southern California
Female scientists set back by the pandemic may never make up lost timeEconomist Esther Duflo sits with a tableful of men just after winning a Nobel Prize in 2019. She was the second female in history to win the economics prize for her research in global poverty.Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images

During the COVID-19 quarantines, scientists, like most professionals, took their work home.

Women researchers,...

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