science

And four more awesome things that happened this week. Because we could all use more good news.

Women are enrolling in science and engineering in record numbers, but rarely win awards and often leave the field. What’s happening?

Are you ‘cool’? It depends. According to two eggheads from the University of Rochester and York College in the U.S. (via The Body Odd), there are a handful of ‘it’ factors that combine to separate the in crowd from the outsiders.

He swept into the dimmed Sony Centre in Toronto, combing the crowd like an evangelical leader, and Science-ish half-expected audience members to fall down at his touch. But this was no high priest ready to encourage middle-aged men and women to start walking after being paralyzed or to see again after going blind.

In today’s news: Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin lock lips; Americans are fatter than Canadians; behind the scenes with Old Spice; female empowerment is bad for your lungs; and why you can’t dance (it’s science!)