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Biology
More Than a Prize Unwon: The Manifold Legacies of Rosalind Franklin (Women in Science 50!)
When Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) succumbed to cancer at the age of thirty-seven, she left behind monumental contributions to three different…
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Astronomy
Western Science’s Last Breath Before Dying: Hypatia Of Alexandria (Women in Science 49)
By 400 CE, Alexandria was a nervous husk dancing the edge of zealous self-annihilation. For centuries the intellectual capital of…
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Astronomy
Hydrogen Rules the Universe: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Composition of Stars (Women in Science 48)
“You are young, and wrong. You must retract.” When fresh-faced zeal confronts experience, it usually loses. Scientists who think they’ve…
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Biology
Lemurs, Squirrels, and Hyenas, Oh My! The Animal Behavior Research of Toni Lyn Morelli (Women in Science 47).
Animal behavior research comes with a sense of urgency all its own. Climate change and human encroachment are enacting a…
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Activities
New Paper Doll! Marie Tharp, the Backbone of Oceanographic Cartography
Marie Tharp’s rigor and care in mapping the ocean floor revealed the Mid-Atlantic Rift for the first time, and provided…
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Biology
Bringing Teleology Back: Agnes Arber’s Neo-Aristotelian Plant Morphology (Women in Science 46)
Evolution is great. As an explanatory idea, as a process governing biology, from just about any aspect you care to…
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Activities
New Paper Doll! Belle Benchley, the Zoo Lady
Belle Benchley was the first director of the San Diego Zoo. She revolutionized zoo-keeping by insisting that, in every decision,…
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Comic
Ada Lovelace and the Curious Practice of Programming for Non-Existent Computers (Women in Science 45)
What did Ada Lovelace do? She is one of the most fetishized scientists today – at conventions when I’m taking…
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