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Lucy Evelyn Cheesman, Pioneer Entomologist of the Pacific Islands

Dale DeBakcsyJanuary 30, 2019

Dangling over the edge of a cliffside, her hands gripping a couple clumps of bracken embedded in the rock for dear life, Lucy Evelyn Cheesman (1881-1969) might...

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14-Year-Old Marsai Martin Becomes Youngest Executive Producer In Hollywood With ‘Little’ Film [Trailer]

wyskJanuary 29, 2019

At just 14 years old, Marsai Martin has a combined 11 TV and film acting credits to her name, and has received industry recognition (two NAACP Image Awards, Yo...

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Vibrating Spiders And Waggling Bees: Dr. Madeline Girard And Her Multimodal Menagerie

Dale DeBakcsyJanuary 23, 2019

It's not what you say, it's how you vibrate your opisthosoma while you're saying it. - Ancient Peacock Spider Proverb. We humans tend to think very hig...

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Mathematician Dr. Gladys West Inducted Into Air Force Pioneers Hall of Fame

wyskJanuary 16, 2019

On December 6, 2018, 87-year-old mathematician Dr. Gladys West was presented with the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers award for her decades of contributio...

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Harriet Boyd Hawes, From Archaeologist to War Nurse to Economic Activist

Dale DeBakcsyJanuary 9, 2019

Harriet Boyd Hawes was cursed from birth with an overabundance of Purpose. She was ever in search of a Problem to solve, and possessed both the ability t...

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Her Words, Her Actions: 10 Women Who Supercharged Our 2018 With Insight And Inspiration

wyskJanuary 7, 2019

Over the 365 days of 2018, we had the privilege to get to know hundreds of extraordinary women and tell their stories. Among this esteemed group, there were 10...

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Mildred Cohn And Her Pioneering Work In Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Dale DeBakcsyJanuary 2, 2019

ATP is the stuff of life. Without it, cell communication shuts down, muscles freeze, and anything requiring ready energy (which is to say, darn near everything...

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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 celebrate, the one I though...

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