The first female president of the International Astronomical Union, Catherine Cesarsky, earned this position with a distinguished career in several areas of modern physics.
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When the first women-only team led the Mars Exploration Rovers for a day, Dr. Barbara Cohen was the leader of that team.
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February 14 is Valentine’s Day: a day associated with tending the heart. Today, we’ll look at a woman who has studied many factors impacting the human heart: Marie Maynard Daly.
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Meet the spokesperson for LIGO, the organization that just announced they have detected gravitational waves, Gabriela Gonzalez.
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It’s International Darwin Day, and today we learn about Dr. Linda Cayot, who worked on conservation in the Galapagos.
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Peggy Whitson always wanted to be an astronaut and she achieved her dream, becoming the first woman to command the ISS.
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Meet Dr. Katherine Freese, an astrophysicist studying dark matter and dark energy.
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Jedidah Isler wanted to study the stars since she was first gifted a telescope at age 12, now she’s an astrophysicist.
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It’s Wear Red Day, a day to raise awareness of women’s risks for heart disease. In honor of the day, meet Dr. C. Noel Bairey Merz, a cardiologist who is changing the understanding of women’s health.
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Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green is pioneering the use of lasers and nanoparticles to fight cancer.
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