Frontiers
Working Toward Fifty-Fifty By 2020: Women in Science Take Stock April 1996
FEATURES Working Toward Fifty-Fifty By 2020: Women in Science Take Stock Women in science set priorities for the 21st Century. Research Group Is Cultivating the Family Tree of Plant Life Green plants, and the biologists who study them, are getting organized. Sparrows Make It Onto Charts With Their Own Renditions Birds' improvisational skills throw a wrench in theories about how animals learn. Frontiers Wins Awards Newsletter earns recognition in two national communications competitions. Hands-on Projects Turn Children Into Scientists for a Week Science and Technology Week offers children, parents and teachers projects that encourage scientific curiosity. U.S. Research & Development Concentrated in a Few States Close to 66 percent of the U.S. R&D expenditures occur in only ten states.
