Why Are There So Few Lady Scientists? (Hint: It's Not Brain Chemistry)

Today, women have more opportunities than ever, and in so many ways, we're capitalizing on them. Our representation in colleges is at an all-time high, for starters. In fact, since 1982, women have earned 10 million more college degrees than men. So, why are we still so underrepresented in the sciences? Is it, as some have implied, because women's brains are hindered by an inability to think "scientifically"? In this week's New York Times Magazine, journalist Eileen Pollack -- who herself studie...