women in science
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Comic
Sofia Kovalevskaya: Love Makes All the Partial Difference
Everybody needs love, but for some the striving after it so dominates their every action and decision that it becomes…
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Biology
Neuroembryology in Wartime: Rita Levi-Montalcini and the Discovery Of Nerve Growth Factor
It is 1942, and Allied bombs are raking the city of Turin, wreaking a thudding vengeance for Il Duce’s cynical…
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Comic
Hedy LaMarr: The Movie Star Who Invented Bluetooth… in 1942.
A movie star. An avant-garde composer. A radio-controlled torpedo. Wi-Fi. One of the unfortunate truths about our web of modern…
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Biology
A Voice from the Silent Spring: The Life and Ecology of Rachel Carson
“Hunger, hunger, are you listening, To the words from Rachel’s pen? Words which taken at face value, Place lives of…
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Biology
Carolynn L Smith and the Astounding Richness of Animal Communication
You’re a rooster who’s down on his luck. Your comb is a bit shabby, your fighting skills aren’t up to…
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