Hallie Arias
Science isn’t just ‘boys with toys,’ and these ‘girls’ can prove it
If you think women aren’t playing important roles in math, science and engineering, just hop on Twitter and see more than 17,000 of them proving you wrong. But female scientists say there’s still much more to be done to encourage women to get into those fields.
The many misunderstood reasons people don’t have kids
Are people who choose not to have kids really “selfish, shallow and self-absorbed?” That’s the title of a new book that explores why the childless are actually none of the above, and want the rest of society to understand their often-complex reasons for not having kids.
Shocking photos push Samantha Power to seek peace in Syria
A photo exhibit now lining the halls of UN headquarters in New York shows Syrian victims of torture. It’s hard to look at, but US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power says the images are yet more evidence that peace is desperately needed in Syria — and motivation to make sure the Assad regime is toppled.
