Collaborate Disseminate
Lynn Conway, American engineer and computer scientist, passed away at the age of 86 from a heart condition on June 9th, at her Michigan home. Her work in the 1970s …read more Continue reading RIP Lynn Conway, Whose Work Gave Us VLSI And Much More
Donald Reid had a passion for applying himself to challenging problems, and in many ways his life’s work was that of developing a prototype submersible aircraft — or flying submarine …read more Continue reading Flying Submarine Documentary is a Story of Defied Assumptions
The name Gladys West is probably unfamiliar, but she was part of creating something you probably use often enough: GPS. You wouldn’t think a child who grew up on a …read more Continue reading Gladys West Modelled the Earth So That We Can Have GPS
When Mary Wallace “Wally” Funk reached the boundary of space aboard the first crewed flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard capsule earlier today, it marked the end of a journey …read more Continue reading This Group of Women Tried to Break into Astronaut Program in 1960s; One Just Made It
Between the 1930s and the 1950s, something sort of strange happened in the United States. The infant mortality rate went into decline, but the number of babies that died within …read more Continue reading Virginia Apgar May Have Saved Your Life
The unspoken promise of new technologies is that they will advance and enhance our picture of the world — that goes double for the ones that are specifically designed to …read more Continue reading Kathleen Lonsdale Saw Through the Structure of Benzene
You don’t often turn on a light and think, “That power company is sure on the ball!” You generally only think of them when the lights go out without warning. …read more Continue reading Human Google: Ruth Freitag, Issac Asimov, and Bibliographies
Leprosy is a bacterial disease that affects the skin, nerves, eyes, and mucosal surfaces of the upper respiratory tract. It is transmitted via droplets and causes skin lesions and loss …read more Continue reading Alice Ball Steamrolled Leprosy
Let’s face it — for the average person, math and formulas are not the most attractive side of physics. The fun is in the hands-on learning, the lab work, the …read more Continue reading Julius Sumner Miller Made Physics Fun for Everyone
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986 was a life-altering event for many, ranging from people who had tuned in to watch the launch of a Space Shuttle with America’s first teacher onboard, to the countless people involved …read more
Continue reading Allan McDonald’s Legacy And The Ethics Of Decision-Making