Academic writes 270 Wikipedia pages in a year to get female scientists noticed

Researcher Jess Wade says efforts to attract girls into science are not evidence-based - and are not working

Jess Wade is a scientist on a mission. She wants every woman who has achieved something impressive in science to get the prominence and recognition they deserve - starting with a Wikipedia entry.

"I've done about 270 in the past year," says Wade, a postdoctoral researcher in the field of plastic electronics at Imperial College London's Blackett Laboratory. "I had a target for doing one a day, but sometimes I get too excited and do three."