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From Grieving Daughter To Volunteer Activist To CEO: A Search For Answers Inspired Her To Lead Groundbreaking Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer

Guest ContributorJune 8, 2021

By Julie Fleshman - Cancer. It’s a word that makes you go numb. In 1999, my father was diagnosed with cancer -- pancreatic cancer. The news was debilitating. P...

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Death And Time: The Pioneering Biostratigraphy Of Julia Anna Gardner

Dale DeBakcsyJune 2, 2021

On a lonely stretch of Florida swamp road, in the year 1920, a model T Ford with no headlights and two hastily replaced tires is trying to make its way through...

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It Takes A Forest To Grow A Tree: The Revolutionary Forest Ecology Of Suzanne Simard

Dale DeBakcsyMay 27, 2021

Four short decades ago, the prevailing wisdom among forestry officials was the "Free To Grow" model by which, when a forest was clear cut for lumber, the earth...

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Master Of Matrices: Olga Taussky-Todd And How One Of Math’s Coolest Objects Refound Its Groove

Dale DeBakcsyMay 12, 2021

In high school, matrices don’t get anything near a fair shake. In case it’s been a while, matrices were those rectangular grids of numbers that look some...

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Women In Science New Book Release Roundup 2021

Dale DeBakcsyMay 5, 2021

There was a time when those of us in the Women In Science (WIS) book-verse considered it a banner year when TWO new major releases featuring a prominent woman ...

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Trailblazers Jennifer Pharr Davis And Haley Blevins Teach Kids How To Explore The Outdoors In New Interactive Book

wyskMay 4, 2021

What happens when two great friends - Jennifer Pharr Davis, a record-setting hiker who has covered over 14,000 miles of long distance trails on six different c...

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Lady Of Iron: The Life Of Victorian Industrialist Lady Charlotte Guest

Dale DeBakcsyApril 28, 2021

There was a time, during the Golden Age of Railroads, when the name of the small Welsh town of Dowlais was stamped on iron rails that ran the length of the dev...

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Book Review: Volcanologist Jess Phoenix’s ‘Ms. Adventure: My Wild Explorations in Science, Lava, and Life’

Dale DeBakcsyMarch 31, 2021

Science communication is all too often a matter of reporting end states. Scientist X has discovered Thing Y, and we should be happy/anxious/enraged about...

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Women Making Bold Moves: Take Your Seat At Our Table For A Night Of Learning, Empowerment, And Fun

wyskMarch 26, 2021

In an empowering close to Women’s History Month 2021, Women You Should Know and Poker Divas are inviting women everywhere to take their seats at our table for ...

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