Girls and Science

Almost 73 percent of laboratory professionals are women, so exposing young girls to science is important. The editors of Lab Medicine recently discovered this post on Scientific American that discusses gender bias in Lego’s minifigs. Series 11 features a woman scientist—complete with little Erlenmeyer flasks—which is definitely a step in the right direction.

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