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The Women’s Space Program That Wasn’t: The Story Of The Mercury 13

Dale DeBakcsyJune 12, 2019

The story of the Mercury 13, as it is usually told, features 13 heroes, 2 villains, and a throng of supportive roles stretched between them in the grey. ...

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Mary Sherman Morgan, The World’s First Woman Rocket Scientist

Dale DeBakcsyMay 29, 2019

On October 4, 1957, the United States received the greatest single blow to its prestige since the burning of the White House in 1814 with the announcement that...

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Mushrooms, Fossils, And A Pen To Draw Them With: Beatrix Potter, Naturalist

Dale DeBakcsyMay 22, 2019

"I don't know what to write to you, so I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits whose names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter." In 1893,...

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Dr. Carolynn L. Smith And The Astounding Richness Of Animal Communication

Dale DeBakcsyMay 15, 2019

You’re a rooster who’s down on his luck. Your comb is a bit shabby, your fighting skills aren’t up to snuff, and we’re not even going to mention the state of y...

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Dr. Beatrice Tinsley, The Birth Of Galaxies, And The Ever-Expanding Universe

Dale DeBakcsyMay 8, 2019

Dr. Beatrice Tinsley lived on our resolutely turning planet for only four decades, but in that time she gifted us a vision of the cosmos as dynamic and expandi...

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Hedy Lamarr: The Movie Star Who Invented Bluetooth… In 1942

Dale DeBakcsyMay 1, 2019

A movie star. An avant-garde composer. A radio-controlled torpedo. Wi-Fi. One of the unfortunate truths about our web of modern comforts is tha...

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Lead, TNT, And Rayon: Dr. Alice Hamilton’s Battle Against Industrial Poisons

Dale DeBakcsyApril 24, 2019

The lack of regulation in American industry during the early Twentieth Century is the stuff of horrific legend - from the grotesqueries of the meat industry as...

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The Two Montessoris: The Rise And Fall And Rebirth Of An Educational Revolution

Dale DeBakcsyApril 18, 2019

Had Maria Montessori died in 1913 at age 43, at the height of her fame and insight, this would be a pretty straightforward article about somebody who saw a pro...

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Dame Daphne Sheldrick And The Half Century Struggle To Save The Elephants Of Kenya

Dale DeBakcsyApril 10, 2019

A mother elephant staggers forward, arrows protruding from her flank and legs, poison coursing through her blood that is attacking her muscles and making every...

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