In your prognostications about the future of science (Nature 463, 26–32; 2010), you might have featured only women as authors, given that the ancient prophesying Sibyls were always female. However, there was just one woman among the twenty writers. We trust that ten years from now we shall not have to remind Nature that nearly half of working scientists (and Nature readers) are women.
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Herbers, J. Women: why just one to represent half the workforce?. Nature 463, 608–609 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/463608e
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