Boffins bid to stop media calling them boffins
The word "boffin" is stereotypical, inaccurate and cliched says the Institute of Physics, which is asking the media to stop using the word.
Source: pressgazette.co.uk
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<strong>Letters: </strong>Film-makers should retire the cliche of the lone male scientific genius, says <strong>Rachel Youngman</strong> of the Institute of Physics
Source: theguardian.com
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Source: siliconrepublic.com
There are reasons girls don't study physics – and they don't include not liking maths
Girls report not feeling clever enough to take physics.
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Source: theconversation.com