She believes that while many attitudes toward women have changed across many areas of society, science, and physics in particular, remain stuck in the past.

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Score, which represents science teachers plus leading scientific institutions including the Royal Society and the Institute of Physics is concerned that A-level funding changes will have "detrimental effects on the offering and uptake of science A-levels".

BBC: Funding change 'risks cuts' to A-level sciences

"If there is a supernova in our vicinity during the next couple of months, our chances of detecting and measuring the resulting gravitational waves are good, " said Professor Karsten Danzmann, head of the International Centre for Gravitational Physics, which is jointly run by the Max Planck Society and the University of Hanover.

BBC: Lab tuned to gravity's 'ripples'