Emma Darwin And The Invisible Heroism Of The Scientific Caretaker
The road leading to the creation and publication of The Origin of the Species was one of the most tortuous and personally costly in the history of science.&nbs...
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A Gift Unfathomable: The Piano Artistry Of Martha Argerich
How welcoming is a piano. It has a warm magnetism that pulls at the eager corners of hope - "Sit down. Press a key - a beautiful sound will happen....
Breaking Neutral: The Population Genetics Of Tomoko Ohta
We are all mutants, our genes loaded with the steadily acquired variations of three billion years that gradually changed a collection of over-achieving thermop...
Caged By War: The Abbreviated Life Of Aeronautical Engineer And Test Pilot Countess Melitta von Stauffenberg
The last decade of Countess Melitta von Stauffenberg's life was ringed by impossible decisions, choices that you and I will never experience outside of a theor...
Women In Science Puppet Theater Series, Episode 2: The Tale Of Cosmetic Chemist, Hazel Bishop
In this week's episode of our Women In Science Puppet Theater video series (click image above to watch), kids get to know cosmetic chemist, Hazel Bishop (1906-...
From Nebraska’s Fields To The Ocean’s Floor: The Long Road Of Evolutionary Biologist Elma González
There is a theory that curiosity originates in leisure, that only after one has taken care of the big important things like food and shelter can one spare the ...
“The Legend of Joan of Arc” Puppet Film Is A Stay-At-Home Must Watch
"King of England, if you do not do these things, I am the commander of the military; and in whatever place I shall find your men in France, I will make them fl...
Beneficial Mutation: Popular Women In Science Column Transforms Into ‘Puppet Special’ Video Series For Kids Learning At Home
The new pandemic world order, which is keeping us all at home, and kids learning at a distance, has inspired a beneficial mutation of one of our most popular W...
Essential Risk: NYC Plumber Judaline Cassidy On Working In Building Trades During COVID-19 Crisis
Judaline Cassidy has been a plumber in NYC for more than two decades. She is a master of her craft, and a champion of equality in the still male-dominated cons...