Twelve women scientists of the TED Fellows program gather for a portrait at the TED Fellows Retreat this past August. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED

Meet 12 Badass Scientists…Who Also Happen to be Women

What do you see when you picture a scientist? Is it a white man in a lab coat? This portrait will smash that stereotype to bits.

Everywhere you look, odds appear stacked against women in STEM. Young male scientists receive up to twice as much funding as their female counterparts in…