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Biology
Our Neighbor Australopithecus: The Anthropology of Mary Leakey
The 1960s and early 1970s were the Rock Star era of anthropology, when each year seemed to bring a stunning…
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Astronomy
Summing the Cosmos: Henrietta Swan Leavitt and The Saga of the Cepheid Stars (Women in Science 22)
Astronomy is the sifting science. Its practitioners rake the sky, star by star, collecting and cataloguing, and when they are…
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Comic
It Came From Teichmueller Space! The Mathematical Adventures of Maryam Mirzakhani
A square, who works as a lawyer in the two-dimensional world of Flatland, sits down with his hexagonal grandson: …
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Comic
The Woman Who Saved Shakespeare and Helped Win Two Wars: Cryptanalyst Elizebeth Friedman (Women In Science 20)
Before Elizebeth and William Friedman, American cryptanalysis did not exist. The best thing we had, theoretically, were the occasional musings…
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Comic
ATLAS Soared: Fabiola Gianotti and the Discovery of a Higgs Particle (Women In Science 19)
In a corner of a room, tucked unostentatiously away from the notice of the raving hordes of just barely contained…
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Comic
The Curve Who Became a Witch: The Mathematics of Maria Agnesi (Women In Science 18)
If any century would have favorably understood the manic blend of child shaming and twisted pride that is the typical…
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Comic
Of Gifted Children and the Banality of Menstruation: The Psychological Research of Leta Hollingworth
What do you do with a gifted child? A child who learns new concepts three or four times faster than…
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Geekery
Five Great Novelty Education Songs for When You’re Done With Word Crimes
As Ryan posted today, thanks to Weird Al, it’s been a great week for nerds lying at the intersection of…
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