More: Dr. Hopkins helped start a national discussion about girls and science two years ago when she walked out of a talk by Harvard University’s president, Lawrence H. Summers, after he suggested that innate differences between men and women might be one reason that fewer women than men succeed in math and science careers. Dr. Summers apologized during the ensuing furor; he announced his resignation as Harvard’s president 13 months later

James Whaley, president of the Siemens Foundation, which oversees the competition for Siemens AG, a global electronics and engineering company, said the competition results send a great message to young women

Alicia Darnell, 17, a senior at Pelham Memorial High School in Pelham, N.Y., won second place and a $50,000 scholarship in the individual category for research that identified genetic defects that could play a role in the development of Lou Gehrig’s disease

Pretty good for 16 and 17 year olds don't ya think?

YAY!

This is encouraging and quite relieving to know that there are still kids out there who aren't complete hooligans.

YOU GO GIRLS!!!!!!!

Odd. If you suggest that innate differences between men and women might be one reason that fewer women than men succeed in math and science careers, a furor erupts. If you suggest that innate differences between men and women might be one reason that more men are in prison, everybody nods their heads.

Apples and Oranges Kauaiguy.

Its easy to see. Any country that gives equal rights to women has prospered. If it were up to men only. They would squander all their money at the bar. And pee on the sidewalk.

We are Neanderthals until we meet a woman. And then she tells us to get dressed for Gods sake.

We are Neanderthals until we meet a woman. And then she tells us to get dressed for Gods sake.

Oh how I LUV you for that comment Cptenaud!

Yeah, forget that silly Lawrence Summers from Harvard who pondered why men were superior to women in science.

Hurray for the women in science!
on Cptenaud's comment--the trouble is if you're a nice, sensitive, evolved kinda guy, women think you're a wimp and walk all over you (are my insecurities showin'? I should know better at age 60--Geeez!)

Yay girls!....keep it up!