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New F-email Phone Cases Celebrate Women In STEM History, Benefit Leading Gender Equality Nonprofit

wyskMarch 27, 2019

Ada Lovelace. Grace Hopper. Hedy Lamarr. Betty Holberton. Katherine Johnson. Annie Easley. Karen Spärck Jones. Margaret Hamilton. These are women everyone shou...

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Leona Marshall Libby And The American Atomic Bomb

Dale DeBakcsyMarch 27, 2019

Leona Woods (1919-1986) was only 23 years old, fresh from wrapping up her PhD work in spectroscopy in the basement of the University of Chicago's Eckhart Hall,...

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From Where I Stand: “If women are empowered, we can create more peaceful societies” – Papiya Parvin, Bangladesh

Guest ContributorMarch 26, 2019

By UN Women - Papiya Parvin from Debhata Upazilla, Bangladesh, has just bought a cow to start her own farm. She is also the first woman from her village who tr...

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Groundbreaking Series ‘Women, War and Peace’ Returns To PBS

wyskMarch 23, 2019

In honor of Women’s History Month, the groundbreaking series Women, War & Peace returns this week to PBS. “The new series demonstrates how some of the bigg...

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From Syria To Turkey… One Woman’s Story On Rebuilding Her Life And Business

Guest ContributorMarch 21, 2019

By Angela Wells - Like many hopeful new graduates around the world, Dara wanted to take a leap of faith. In 2013, after earning her bachelor’s degree in interi...

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Guns N Taxonomy: The Vertebrate Biology Of Annie Alexander

Dale DeBakcsyMarch 20, 2019

As a rule, our favorite flavors of scientist are the theoretical and experimental – we tend to like them either sitting in a chair creating beautiful abstracti...

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Meet Caroline Herschel (1750-1848): History’s First Professional Woman Astronomer

Dale DeBakcsyMarch 15, 2019

In 2092, if there are still humans on our planet to look and to see, a comet will appear in the night sky that has not been viewed since 1939, and will not be s...

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10 R.eally B.adass G.ifts… Inspired By The Notorious RBG, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

wyskMarch 15, 2019

Through her pioneering accomplishments and historic achievements, as well as her fearless words, dissents and actions, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Gin...

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Dr. Cardy Raper And The Four Decade Search For The Key To Mushroom Sex

Dale DeBakcsyMarch 13, 2019

Let's do a thought experiment. Imagine that human reproduction worked this way: at a certain age you are blindfolded and led to a massive field with a hu...

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