#womeninscience

Happy Ada Lovelace Day! Celebrated every second Tuesday in October in recognition of the achievements of women in STEM, the day is named, of course, in honour of our favourite Victorian computing pioneer - Countess Ada Lovelace, the incredible mathematician, writer & self-described “Analyst & Metaphysician” , who envisioned machines that could compose music, draw & calculate & who wrote what is considered to be the first algorithm for a computer: 100 years before they existed!💻 #WomenInScience

While the brilliant Lise Meitner (1878-1968) was nominated for the #NobelPrize 49 times for her work – 30 x for Physics & 19 x for Chemistry – she was famously snubbed & only her long-time collaborator Otto Hahn received the award. Yet her legacy lies not in a medal: in solving the puzzle of #nuclearFission, she fundamentally changed our understanding of matter & energy forever. #WomenInScience

Renae recalls the phrase "systematic wonder", the best framework humans have developed to make sense of reality. You're convening with reality, working with the best version of it you have, knowing you can update that understanding as you go. The rigour, the peer review, the process is all in service of that. Frame it as wonder and the process is one you can explore, revel, and delight in, too. https://podbite.link/bites/QgM6mpfL Watch or listen to the full episode: https://steampoweredshow.com/shows/renae-sayers Transcript available. #WomenInSTEAM #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #Science The quote "systematic wonder" comes from A General Theory of Love by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini & Richard Lannon.

I’m building an archive of women, trans, non-binary, and intersex folks deeply connected to the plant world 🌿 (botanists, herbalists, artists, researchers, foragers...). I want to celebrate both hidden histories and present-day creators 📜🔍. Who inspires you in this space? Drop your recommendations in the comments so we can grow this together! 🌳

From glaciers to the sun: building a career that’s spanned glaciology and heliophysics The SETI Institute's Director of Education, Becca Robinson, who is also the outreach director for NASA’s Multi-slit Solar Explorer, recently chatted with Kathleen Toohill from Where the Gridlock Ends about Becca's "typical-atypical career journey" and what it means to be the outreach director for a NASA mission. Learn more: https://wherethegridlockends.substack.com/p/from-glaciers-to-the-sun-building #womeninscience #science

The biological dogma that women don't make new eggs after birth may be wrong https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-biological-dogma-that-women-dont-make-new-eggs-after-birth-may-be-wrong/ #Science #Biology #WomenInScience