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How Mildred Weeks Wells figured out that disease-causing pathogens can spread through the air like smoke.

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A guest episode from Making Contact. In 1965 a young packaging designer called Margaret Crane had a brilliant idea. It took fifty years before she got the credit she deserved.

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Dava Sobel discusses how she discovered the many forgotten female scientists whom Marie Curie mentored in early 20th-century Paris.

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Coming Soon: All the archival and resource materials that we have collected for each of our episode!

September 11, 2024

Why Have So Many Women Scientists Been Overlooked by History?

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April 3, 2024

From The Jaws Of Obscurity To ... One Million Downloads!

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March 12, 2024

Uncovering the lost women of the Manhattan Project

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March 12, 2024

Lost Women of Science Receive Overdue Recognition, Inspire Present-Day Scientists

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January 18, 2024

The Lost Women of Science Initiative Announces New Grants and Projects for 2024

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December 14, 2023

We Remember with Respect and Gratitude

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October 2, 2023

Why the ‘Mother of the Atomic Bomb’ Never Won a Nobel Prize

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September 7, 2024

Lost Women of Science Podcast Reveals the Untold Story of Why Physicist Lise Meitner Was Denied the Nobel Prize for Her Pioneering Work on Splitting the Atom

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