Roberta Bondar
Roberta Bondar was both the first neurologist and the first Canadian woman in space.
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Roberta Bondar was both the first neurologist and the first Canadian woman in space.
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In the 1970’s Tu Youyou used research into traditional Chinese medicine to discover and synthesize a revolutionary malaria treatment.
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Restrictions of her time kept Marie-Anne Lavoisier from becoming a chemist herself, but she was integral to her husband’s work and the two changed chemistry forever.
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in 2006, NASA launched the New Horizons probe towards Pluto. Thanks to Yanping Guo, it reached its destination exactly on time. Image Source: NASA
In December 1966 Dian Fossey arrived in Africa to begin her long term study of the mountain gorilla. Learn more about her work in today’s episode.
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A pioneer of the use of solar energy, Maria Telkes, is often referred to as the “Sun Queen” and the ‘Mother of the Solar Home.” Image: Wikimedia.
In 1928, the world of medicine was changed when Alexander Fleming demonstrated the antibacterial properties of penicillin. But the large-scale impact of his discovery was only realized during World War II, when microbiologists discovered ways to mass produce the drug.
One of those scientists was Gladys Hobby.
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Volcanoes on earth can be beautiful and frightening. But what about volcanoes in space? Today we’d like you to meet Rosaly Lopes, a planetary geologist and volcanologist who could tell you all about it.
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Leona Marshall Libby first worked with physicist Enrico Fermi at age 23, when she was on the team that built Chicago Pile-1, the world’s first nuclear reactor. The youngest member of the team as well as the only woman, Libby earned her PhD shortly after beginning the job.
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Margaret Morse Nice is most well known for her work with song sparrows. She spent eight years making observations of various bonded pairs of song sparrows, eventually writing several books on the topic including Studies in the Life History of the Song Sparrow.
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