Introductions Necessary

With a background in both biology and physics, Dr. Patience Mthunzi is poised to make big discoveries in the fields of biophotonics and disease eradication.

The guild rules of Europe during her lifetime did not allow women to paint with oils, but that didn’t stop Maria Sibylla Merian from creating scientific illustrations of insects documenting their life cycles.

Associate Professor Nadya Mason solved math problems for fun growing up before pursuing her career in physics.

An astrophysicist and science communicator, Summer Ash loves to share her love of the universe.

Astronomer Amy Mainzer searches for near earth objects with her work at NASA, and helps kids learn to love science with her work on Ready, Jet, Go.

Today is our 100th episode, and we’re featuring the woman who has discovered a record number of comets, Carolyn Shoemaker.

Eight years ago today, Yi So-Yeon became the first Korean astronaut to travel to space.

Dr. Emily Rice is an astrophysicist and a fashion blogger, one of the founders of STARtorialist.

Over 1,000 planetary systems have been discovered outside our own, and scientists like Dr. Rebecca Oppenheimer are working to find new ways to see them more clearly.

Hired at the Harvard College Observatory in 1893, astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt was one of Pickering’s Computers, women hired to complete calculations for male scientists.