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Sarah Stewart Johnson, Mars, And The Search For Life As We Don’t Know It

Dale DeBakcsySeptember 15, 2021

How A Culture Is Born: The Groundbreaking Anthropology Of Ruth Benedict

Dale DeBakcsySeptember 1, 2021

LATEST WYSK STORIES

SMART Decision: International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Helps Fund Pioneering Nonprofit’s Construction Camp For Girls

wyskJuly 29, 2021

Union’s Peer-To-Peer Fundraiser Benefit Tools & Tiaras Inc., A Tradeswoman-Founded Nonprofit On A Mission To Show Girls That "Jobs Don't Have Genders"I...

Brewers Of ChangeCareerEducationEqualityGirlsGood CausesInspirationNews0 Comments5 min read

Leadership Accelerator For Women Of Color Accelerates To Launch With Groundswell Of $50,000 In Crowdfunded Support

wyskJuly 14, 2021

First Of Its Kind Program To Serve 40 Women Of Color,Aims To Close Leadership Gap Across IndustriesCynthia Pong, JD, is building a future in which women of...

Brewers Of ChangeCareerEmpowermentEntrepreneurshipWYSKy Business0 Comments5 min read

Studies In Expectation: The Life Of Astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Dale DeBakcsyJune 16, 2021

Sometimes the hardest thing about living in the universe is knowing about it. There is real and true terror to be faced in the indifferent march of the u...

Brewers Of ChangeCareerSTEMTrailblazersWomen in Science0 Comments18 min read

Paramedic/Artist Kate Bergen Nominated As ‘Paramedic Of The Year’ For Her ‘Modern Day Rosies’ Paintings Celebrating Women First Responders Of COVID

wyskJune 10, 2021

Kate Bergen is a paramedic and artist from New Jersey. When COVID first hit, shift after shift put her directly on the front line of defense against the novel ...

9/11ArtCareerInspirationNews0 Comments7 min read

Varieties: The Life And Mathematics Of Hanna Neumann

Dale DeBakcsyJune 9, 2021

Of all the realms of mathematics, there are few where more people feel more at home than in the safe harbors of algebra. Since the age of eight, we have ...

HistorySTEMTrailblazersWomen in Science0 Comments13 min read

From Grieving Daughter To Volunteer Activist To CEO: A Search For Answers Inspired Her To Lead Groundbreaking Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer

Guest ContributorJune 8, 2021

By Julie Fleshman - Cancer. It’s a word that makes you go numb. In 1999, my father was diagnosed with cancer -- pancreatic cancer. The news was debilitating. P...

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Death And Time: The Pioneering Biostratigraphy Of Julia Anna Gardner

Dale DeBakcsyJune 2, 2021

On a lonely stretch of Florida swamp road, in the year 1920, a model T Ford with no headlights and two hastily replaced tires is trying to make its way through...

Brewers Of ChangeHistorySTEMTrailblazersWomen in Science0 Comments10 min read

It Takes A Forest To Grow A Tree: The Revolutionary Forest Ecology Of Suzanne Simard

Dale DeBakcsyMay 27, 2021

Four short decades ago, the prevailing wisdom among forestry officials was the "Free To Grow" model by which, when a forest was clear cut for lumber, the earth...

Brewers Of ChangeCareerSTEMTrailblazersWomen in Science0 Comments10 min read

Master Of Matrices: Olga Taussky-Todd And How One Of Math’s Coolest Objects Refound Its Groove

Dale DeBakcsyMay 12, 2021

In high school, matrices don’t get anything near a fair shake. In case it’s been a while, matrices were those rectangular grids of numbers that look some...

HistorySTEMTrailblazersWomen in Science0 Comments15 min read

Girls

Girls Who Rocked The World: History’s Heroines Under Age 20

wyskMarch 29, 2016

Girls Who Rocked The World, book of history's past and present heroines under age 20, written by Michelle Roehm McCann and Amelie Welden....

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Troop Leader’s Petition Calls Out Girl Scouts For Gender-Stereotyped Cookie Program Prizes, Demands More Balanced Options

wyskMay 24, 2016

"Stereotyping girls' interests in the prize selection doesn't encourage them to be themselves."...

GenderGirls0 Comments0 min read

9-Year-Old Riley Dashwood’s Celeb Photo Recreations Are Hilarious

wyskApril 25, 2019

Ok, we’ve seen a lot of cool and fun photo recreations over the years, but 9-year-old social media pro Riley Dashwood has taken it to next ...

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Entertainment

Dragons, And White Tigers, And Girl Heroes… Oh My! Designing Supermom Takes On Halloween Costume Market For Daughter

wyskOctober 8, 2014

By offering something different, she's giving young girls everywhere a way to show how strong they can be....

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A DIY Shot-For-Shot Remake Of The Wonder Woman Trailer… Because Why Not?

wyskMay 5, 2017

"Our hero uses her super powers to smash through cardboard windows, slash plastic container towers, and summon 2D lighting!"...

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Gold Medal Olympic Gymnast Goes Off Balance

wyskJuly 24, 2012

Profile of "Off Balace", a revealing memoir by champion gymnast and Olympic gold medalist Dominique Moceanu....

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Women In Science

The Curve Who Became a Witch: The Mathematics of Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-1799)

Dale DeBakcsyAugust 8, 2018

If any century would have favorably understood the manic blend of child shaming and twisted pride that is the typical Toddlers and Tiaras pa...

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Dr. Cardy Raper And The Four Decade Search For The Key To Mushroom Sex

Dale DeBakcsyMarch 13, 2019

Let's do a thought experiment. Imagine that human reproduction worked this way: at a certain age you are blindfolded and led to a mas...

HistorySTEMWomen in Science0 Comments12 min read

The Ultimate Women in Science Reading List: 150 Essential Titles

Dale DeBakcsyDecember 26, 2018

December 16 saw my fifth anniversary of writing the Illustrated Women in Science column, and of the many ways that occurred to me to celebra...

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