Dorothy Vaughan was a mathematician and computer programmer who made important contributions to the U.S. space program while working at the Langley Research Center. Dorothy was the first African American…
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#WCW with Mayim Bialik
Mayim Bialik is an scientist and actress (playing Amy on The Big Bang Theory). 🔬 Although many may know of Mayim from her roles in the sitcom Blossom and as…
#SpaceSunday with Dr. Christine Darden
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#TBT with Laura Bassi (1711-1778)
🔬 Laura Bassi was an Italian physicist and academic, earning her PhD at the University of Bologna. Laura was the first woman to serve as a physics professor at a…
#SpaceSunday with Vera Rubin
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#MedMonday with Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett
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#SustainabilitySaturday with Vandana Shiva
🌱 Vandana Shiva is an Indian physicist and environmental activist. Vandana founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Natural Resource Policy in 1982 to develop sustainable methods of agriculture….
#TechTuesday with Ada Lovelace
⚙️ Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician who has been called the first computer programmer for writing an algorithm for a computing machine in the 1800s. Ada’s contributions to computer…
#MedMonday with Dr. Flossie Wong-Staal
🏥🔬 Dr. Flossie Wong-Staal is a Chinese-American virologist and molecular biologist who was the first scientist to clone HIV and determine the functions of its gene, which helped prove that…
#PhysicsFriday with Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli
🔬 Rajaâ is a Moroccan Professor of nuclear physics. Inspired by Neil Armstrong’s achievements, Rajaâ had to convince her father to let her leave conservative Morocco after she earned her…
#TBT with Emmy Noether (1882-1935)
🔬 Emmy Noether was a mathematician who devised a mathematical principle, Noether’s theorem, that became a foundation for quantum physics. Emmy’s calculations were used by Albert Einstein as he formulated…