Women's contributions to science, technology, engineering, and math. Fun facts & photos here, podcast on iTunes & Stitcher. Produced by @poncie13.
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On this new episode of #BabesofScience: horizons broaden! perspectives shift! worlds open!
And also we learn about a powa playa from the 17th century named #LadyRanelagh: babesofscience.com/episodes/…
yo journos: reposting your content from last march about #womeninscience is not acceptable. there are lots of women working in science throughout history but especially now. DO BETTER!
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When invited to give a talk, I always ask: "can it be a low-carbon virtual one?"
I often get a "hmm--we've never done that before", but I persevere.
And this week I received the ultimate compliment:
"I thought it would be weird having her on video, but it wasn’t at all."
YAY!
I say what’s on my mind. “What do I have to do to get to that level?”
My manager squirms, “Well, J has a stay-at-home wife. And children. He needs it more than you. You’ll get other chances. Not now.”
damemagazine.com/2018/03/15/…
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.@babescience this story reminded me of something you'd be into. Not sure if you saw, but awesome investigation by a women to identify the only unnamed mammalogist from a 1971 conference. nytimes.com/2018/03/19/us/tw… xitter.gq/mycandacejean/status/9…
Hey Twitter I'm on a mission:
The woman in this photo was an attendee at a 1971 International Conference on Biology of Whales.
She is the only woman, & the only one captioned "not identified" in the article I found the photo in. All the men are named.
Can you help me know her?
ALT An unnamed woman, mostly hidden, among a group of men at a 1971 International Conference on the Biology of Whales, Skyland.
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.@MichelleDiMeo is a historian who’s writing a book about Lady Ranelagh. In this month's episode of Distillations, she talks with @poncie13 of @babescience about Robert Boyle's sister: bit.ly/LadyRanelagh #womeninscience
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SUPER-SIZE-ASAURUS!
New episode asks how and why dinos got so BIG!
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Featuring @Laelaps @femke_holwerda @AustinCross @poncie13
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Happy 127th Birthday, #ZoraNealeHurston! The fact that your life and works continue to be celebrated speaks to the weight of your revolutionary societal contributions. Sis, do yourself a favor and put, "Their Eyes Were Watching God" on your reading list: trib.al/YftQPUT
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American novelist Zora Neale Hurston was born #otd in 1891. On the occasion of her birthday, we celebrate her role in the Harlem Renaissance movement by sharing some images of her correspondences with Dorothy West! More gems here: hvrd.me/FNhB30hCgh4 #ZoraNealeHurston
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So accurate they are still studied by botanists today, these exquisite 18th-century 'flower mosaicks' were created Mary Delany - a widow who, invented a whole new art form at the age of 72. Each image is made by minutely cut & collaged paper. From 1772 on, she made 1,000 images.
Thanks! I've researched Laura Bassi and need to write that episode....[blushes] :-) xitter.gq/MadScientistPod/status…
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@babescience has a great selection babesofscience.com/ Mary Anning might be a good one (1800s fossil collector and paleontologist, also working class)
or to consider the life of her daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie, who followed pretty closely in #MarieCurie's footsteps babesofscience.com/episodes/…
#MarieCurie was a complicated lady. Her birthday seems as good a time as any to imagine working in her lab: babesofscience.com/episodes/… (1/2)