P-Mag Nostalgia Project: 1978 with MJ
I turned 13 in July, 1978. I was headed into eighth grade in a small middle school in a small town in Kentucky. The country’s economy was bad and our little town was hit hard: well-paying jobs in the coal mines and the few factories we had disappeared and there weren’t any new industries to take their places. I lived …
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Science News: 10/16/12
Welcome to the science news, Nobel Prize/space jump/shrimp puke edition! (Yes, I am serious. Pics after the cut!) Related Posts: Science News: 3/12/13 News Appetizers: Paging Doctor Who News in Asia Science News: 3/26/13 News Appetizers for 2/15/2013
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Women in Science: Nobel Prizes, Part III
We’re down to the final stretch of women who have won Nobel Prizes in science. These five women are the most recent Laureates in Physiology or Medicine and have made astounding contributions to our knowledge of embryonic development, our sense of smell, HIV, and chromosome replication. Related Posts: Why Do We Test Things We Already Know? Your Questions, Redux: Sex …
Read MoreWomen in Science: Nobel Prizes, Part II
Two weeks ago we learned about the five extraordinary women who have won Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry. There are no fewer than ten women who have been awarded for their contributions in Physiology or Medicine, so this week we’ll take a look at the first five. Related Posts: News Appetizers Do the SCOTUS Shuffle Your Questions, Redux: Sex …
Read MoreWomen in Science: Nobel Prize edition
Over the past week, the Nobel Committee has announced its 2011 award winners. Leymah Gbowee, Tawakul Karman, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, but they were the only women honored this year. In fact, since the awards were created in 1901, only 43 women have been awarded Nobel Prizes or the associated Prize in Economic Science, …
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