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Nature 456, 29 (6 November 2008) | doi:10.1038/456029a; Published online 5 November 2008

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Research rewards are worth the effort for multitasking mothers

Tracey L. Rogers1

  1. Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
    Email: tracey.rogers@unsw.edu.au

The reasons women drop out of science are complex, and Timothy Roper and Larissa Conradt have hit on an important factor in their Correspondence 'Childcare not enough to make a science career family-friendly' (Nature 455, 1029; 2008). However, I don't see encouraging more women into science as either pointless or unethical.

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