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In an article published in Nature Human Behaviour, AWIS’ Heather Metcalf illustrates that historical notions of scientific inferiority still underlie contemporary beliefs about scientific talent, or lack of it, in women and minority groups: “If we do not address these biases, we are upholding an unhealthy system.”