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		Major science award goes to British woman 'role model' (guardian.co.uk)
		1 point by bootload on Nov 17, 2008 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

gaius on Nov 17, 2008 [–]

Surely having an award "for women" sponsored by a cosmetics company is counterproductive? Why can't there be an award "for science", regardless of gender, on merit alone?

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