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In Defense Of The Soil: A Century With Hydrodynamic Mathematician Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina

Dale DeBakcsyMarch 25, 2020

Water is that great, terrible thing. Its chemical properties make it a magnificent solvent and coolant, which is wonderful if you're trying to build a multice...

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The Experimentalist: The Tale Of Mary Putnam Jacobi Vs. Proper Victorian Medicine

Dale DeBakcsyMarch 18, 2020

The Nineteenth century boasts a rich roster of medical women, any one of whom is the stuff of heroes: the trailblazing Blackwell sisters, the cautious Elizabet...

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From Quaker Crystallographer To World War Pacifist: The Journey Of Kathleen Lonsdale

Dale DeBakcsyMarch 4, 2020

The list of Quaker women who made fundamental contributions to the science of crystallography while in prison is a short one. In fact, it's a list of one, but...

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Marie-Anne Lavoisier And The Birth of Modern Chemistry

Dale DeBakcsyFebruary 26, 2020

It is early August in the year 1794, and jails, choked with the enemies of Maximilien Robespierre and his Committee for Public Safety, are emptying their human...

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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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Mother-Daughter Duo Spotlight Black Women Who Made History With Powerful Photography Project

wyskFebruary 19, 2020

“Who was the first girl chemist?” When a then 7-year-old Georgia Ross asked this question in 2017, her mother, Shauna Upp, a photographer and homeschooler, sei...

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Raise Us Up Out Of Minstrelsy: Sissieretta Jones And The Elevation of Black Musical Theater

Dale DeBakcsyFebruary 12, 2020

When a young African American born in the 1870s looked at representations of her people on the American stage, what she saw reflected back at her were little m...

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RESPECT: See Jennifer Hudson As Aretha Franklin In Upcoming Biopic (Official Trailer)

wyskFebruary 12, 2020

Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018) requires no formal introduction. Her legacy spans six decades and includes countless chart-topping classics,...

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Film Review: ‘The Woman Who Loves Giraffes’, The Story Of Pioneer Wildlife Researcher Anne Innis Dagg

Dale DeBakcsyFebruary 5, 2020

When Anne Innis headed into the Transvaal in 1956, there were no rules or set procedures for how to observe animal behavior in the wild, let alone how to do so...

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