Women Biology

Bella, a young lawyer, has been hired by a firm in Wilmington, NC. Not her first choice, she is nevertheless consoled by the fact that her grandmother has left her a rather dilapidated beach house on Beryl Island. Moving onto the island, she is met by an old boyfriend from her childhood, Robert Malone, who had broken her heart at sixteen. Thinking he might have changed, she gives him a second chanceShe is amazed and captivated by a marine biologist, Chess Steadman, that’s assigned to Beryl Island to work with loggerhead turtle nests. Also, there is Florence Hatley, a woman that runs a ...

The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge, UK is a world-leading scientific institution. This book, by LMB alumna Kathy Weston, is a collective portrait of women scientists who, as staff members, visitors, and trainees, helped build the LMB’s reputation as a powerhouse of science, often going on to stellar careers at other outstanding institutions around the world. Combining narrative history with interview transcripts and personal reminiscence, Weston’s book describes the career accomplishments of these successful scientists.

A luminous, true story, Name All the Animals is an unparalleled account of grief and secret love: the tale of a family clinging to the memory of a lost child, and a young woman struggling to define herself in the wake of his loss.

Before Chelsea Conaboy gave birth to her first child, she anticipated the joy of holding her newborn son, the endless dirty nappies and the sleepless nights. What she didn't expect was how different she would feel. It wasn't simply the extraordinary demands of this new role, but a shift in self—as deep as it was disorienting. In truth, something was changing: her brain.

An award-winning physician and scientist makes the game-changing case that genetic females are stronger than males at every stage of life. Here are some facts: Women live longer than men. They have stronger immune systems. They're better at fighting cancer and surviving famine and even see the world in a wider variety of colours. They are simply stronger than men at every stage of life. Why is this? And why are we taught the opposite?