Guns N Taxonomy: The Vertebrate Biology Of Annie Alexander
As a rule, our favorite flavors of scientist are the theoretical and experimental – we tend to like them either sitting in a chair creating beautiful abstracti...
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115 Years Ago Today Marie Sklodowska Curie Made History
"I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy." - Marie Sk?odowska Curie...
Lillian Moller Gilbreth “The First Lady Of Engineering” And The Founding Of Industrial Psychology
There was nothing in the first 26 years of Lillian Moller's life which suggested she would some day come to be known as the First Lady of Engineering....
Clean Water, Breathable Air, And The Science Of Food: The Remarkable Legacy Of Ellen Swallow
Every morning we wake up to a feast of assumptions. We assume that the place our sewage gets dumped is not the same place our drinking water comes from. We in...
The Marine Biology Of Eugenie Clark, Also Known As The “Shark Lady”
It’s Shark Week! In celebration we’d like to introduce you to woman you should know marine biologist Eugenie Clark, also known as the “Shark Lady"....
“Forces of Nature” Great Women In Science Poster Series Returns With 3 New Downloads
By Eamon O’Flynn - Last autumn, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics released a series of free, downloadable posters that celebrated groundbreaking contr...
“Forces Of Nature” Downloadable Poster Series Celebrates Great Women In Science
By Eamon O'Flynn - The first computer algorithm. Stellar classification systems. The discovery of new elements, forces, and other building blocks of nature....
Five Fast Facts About Mae Jemison, Physician, Scientist, Engineer, And History-Making Astronaut
“The whole idea is to keep kids engaged and not let them think science is something other folks do. Science is around us everywhere.”...
Meet Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier: Gene Editing Rockstars Whose Discovery Is Changing Fate Of Humankind
The last decade has seen human destiny quietly but irrevocably redirected. From blind victims of genetic-molecular chance, we have taken our first steps towards...