Keith’s note: According to “NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women“ in Science magazine: “President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be killing much, if not all, of a historic initiative that was the first, and is still the largest, National Institutes of Health (NIH) effort centered on the health needs of women.” To its credit NASA (often with NIH) has looked at physiology factors that differentially affect female vs male astronauts. Will new government rules bring that to a halt? NASA presentation.

Keith’s note: This letter was issued by NASA HQ on 6 Feb 2025: “To implement the E.O. requirements, OPM directed federal agencies to take immediate action to identify and terminate programs that promote gender ideology¹ . Federal agencies must withdraw all final or pending documents, directives, orders, regulations, materials, forms, communications, statements, and plans that promote gender ideology. To date, the following directions are provided:” Full document below.

Studying Gender in Conference Talks: Data From 223rd American Astronomical Society Meeting “The most significant result from this study is that while the gender ratio of speakers very closely mirrors that of conference attendees, women are under-represented in the question-asker category. We interpret this to be an age-effect, as senior scientists may be more likely to ask questions, and are more commonly men. A strong dependence on the gender of […]