Pioneers
Julius Lothar Meyer: Why He Deserves a Seat at the Periodic Table
Dmitri Mendeleev got the lion's share of credit, but Julius Lothar Meyer also deserves a seat...
Pioneers
How American Sign Language Got Its Start
Today, around one million people use American Sign Language (ASL) as their main way to communicate,...
Pioneers
Late Bloomer Ynés Mexía Discovered 50+ New Species of Plants
Mexican-American botanist Ynés Mexía discovered 50+ species of plants in her career, which she didn't start...
Pioneers
American Astronomer Nancy Grace Roman’s Legacy for Female Pioneers
Nancy Grace Roman was a trailblazer in the field of astronomy, a NASA legend, and a...
Pioneers
MIT’s First Female Student: Ellen Swallow Richards
Ellen Swallow Richards was one of the early pioneering women in stem who advocated for advancing...
Pioneers
Remembering Computer Science Pioneer Frances Allen
Frances Allen was the first woman to win the Turing Award, a prestigious award that is...
Pioneers
Dr. Marie Maynard Daly Paved the Way for Women in Chemistry
Dr. Marie Maynard Daly was the first Black woman in America to receive a Ph.D. in...
Pioneers
Gen Z Brings a New Generation of Young Scientists to Work
A new generation of young scientists is bringing fresh perspectives to work. Here's an early look...
Tech
Seymour Cray and the Birth of the Supercomputer
In the beginning, computers were called giant electronic brains. And from the early 1950s on, no...
Pioneers
Remembering Dr. Roger Arliner Young
Learn about the life and legacy of Dr. Roger Arliner Young, the first Black woman to...
Tech
The Turing Test Aims to Understand Advancing Computers
The Turing Test challenges computer scientists to create a program with a conversational ability that a...
Pioneers
Astronaut Kathy Sullivan Reaches the Deepest Point in the Ocean
Astronaut Kathy Sullivan was the first American woman to spacewalk. In 2020, she also became the...
Science
The Higgs Boson and Mystery of Mass
The Higgs boson was the perfect theoretical solution to the mystery of why objects have mass....
Pioneers
Dr. Jane C. Wright Developed Chemotherapy
Dr. Jane C. Wright has been called the "mother of chemotherapy" because of her groundbreaking cancer...