Nobel Prize-winning professor Tim Hunt resigns after sexist remarks about 'girls' in lab

Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Tim Hunt, who suggested that scientists should have gender-segregated labs to stop men falling in love with "girls," has stepped down from his position at the University College London (UCL). The 72-year-old professor came under fire this week after making sexist comments at the World Conference of Science Journalists in South Korea on Tuesday. "Let me tell you about my trouble with girls," said Hunt. "Three things happen when they are in the lab: you fall in love ...