Books

Book Review: Diving Once More Into the Cosmic Ocean… Ann Druyan’s ‘Cosmos: Possible Worlds’

Dale DeBakcsyFebruary 19, 2020

In 1980, PBS broadcast a series that defined for a generation what Science Communication could and must be. Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, co-written by Carl...

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The Woman In The Window: A.J. Finn’s Best-Seller Headed To The Big Screen With Amy Adams Starring

wyskJanuary 9, 2020

Gillian Flynn declared the book, "Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing." Stephen King said it was, "Unputdownable." Ruth Ware called it, "A dark, twisty confection."...

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Let It STEM, Let It STEM, Let It STEM: A Holiday Guide To 2019’s Great Women In Science Books

Dale DeBakcsyDecember 11, 2019

2019 has been an incredible year for books about the history of women in STEM. A short two decades ago, it would have been riches beyond telling to have ...

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U.S. Air Force Veteran Is On Mission To Make Sure Military Women’s Stories Are Told

Guest ContributorNovember 11, 2019

By Amanda Huffman, United States Air Force Veteran - I had a simple idea. I wanted to hear more deployment stories. I had been writing about my deployment expe...

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Food’s Bright Future: Leah Garcés And The Long Struggle To Replace Factory Farming

Dale DeBakcsyOctober 9, 2019

Vegans and meat consumers do not typically enter into common cause. To the meat eater, vegans are bleeding heart, elitist scolds, and to the vegan, meat consu...

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Nancy Drew, Teen Sleuth Of Mystery Book Fame, Makes Her Return To TV In New Series… Trailer

wyskOctober 1, 2019

We devoured her clue-filled, page-turning books - there are sixty-four classic titles. We were captivated by the TV show that brought her cases and mystery-sol...

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Untold And Lost No More: Celebrating 150 Episodes Of Dale DeBakcsy’s ‘Women In Science’ You Should Know Column

wyskSeptember 5, 2019

Five years into our now eight year mission to tell the untold, often ignored, and altogether lost or erased stories of women who deserve a giant spotlight on t...

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Jane Austen’s Unfinished Novel ‘Sanditon’ Is Coming to The Small Screen

wyskAugust 15, 2019

Sanditon the last, yet incomplete novel of Jane Austen is coming to PBS's Masterpiece in 2020!"When Jane Austen was chronically ill with a mysterious dise...

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The Most Important Book I Have Ever Read… Caroline Criado Perez’s “Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed by Men”

Dale DeBakcsyJuly 11, 2019

Consider Julie.She wakes up at 4:30 to prepare breakfast for her children and her husband's great uncle who lives across town while the rest of her family ...

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