Meet Maria Sibylla Merian, the naturalist who painted insects in living color
Read now →One of the first to recognize insect metamorphosis, she's finally getting her dues after 300 years of obscurity
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Meet Nobel Prize winner Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, who let doctors see into your blood
Read now →Her radioimmunoassay technique enabled scientists to measure hundreds of trace biological substances for the first time
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Meet Ada Lovelace, the world’s first computer programmer
Read now →A "prophet of the computer age," she saw the potential for computers outside of pure mathematics
Three times Louise Slaughter used her microbiology training in Congress
Read now →The lawmaker, the only microbiologist in Congress, pushed for public health reform
Four facts about Marie Tharp, the woman whose art mapped the bottom of the sea
Read now →She discovered the Earth's 'backbone' even though men wouldn't let her on a ship for 17 years
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Five facts about Mae Jemison, doctor, dancer, and the first woman of color in space
Read now →You know she went to space. But do you know which TV show inspired her to go?
Meet Sau Lan Wu, the physicist who helped discover three fundamental particles
Read now →Most scientists spend their careers hoping for a single big discovery. Sau Lan Wu has had three and is still searching for more.
