STEM Fatale Podcast

By Emlyn Gremlyn and Emma Dilemma

Emma and Emlyn teach each other about historic (and current) women in STEM and remind each other about things they DEF should know.... more

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October 26, 2020Episode 067 - Frances Glessner Lee | Forensic Scientist
Alternate Title: In a Nutshell
Emma tells Emlyn all about the designer of the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, Captain Frances Glessner Lee, who was incredibly influential in the development of early forensic science in the United States.

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Main Story - Frances Glessner Lee
Melinek, Judy, and Goldfarb, Bruce. 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics. United States, Sourcebooks, 2020.
The Nutshell Studies. (99 Percent Invisible).
The People — Glessner House
Murder Is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. (Smithsonian American Art Museum).
Biographies: Frances Glessner Lee (1878–1962). (NIH).
Bush, Erin N. The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. Death by Diorama.
Kahn, Eve. “Murder Downsized.” The New York Times. 2004. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/07/garden/murder-downsized.html?_r=0
The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. (CorrineBotz.com).
Miller, Laura J. Frances Glessner Lee. Harvard Magazine. 2005.

Women who Work - Dr. Andrea Ghez
Nobel Prize Press Release - https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2020/press-release/
“How Andrea Ghez Won the Nobel for an Experiment Nobody Thought Would Work” by Hilton Lewis, Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-andrea-ghez-won-the-nobel-for-an-experiment-nobody-thought-would-work/

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“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna

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Miller, Laura J. Frances Glessner Lee. Harvard Magazine. 2005.
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58min
October 05, 2020Episode 066 - Joan Clarke | Cryptanalyst & Numismatist
Alternate Title: An Enigmatic Woman
Emlyn tells Emma about the cryptanalyst and numismatist Joan Clarke, who worked as a codebreaker for the British army during WWII.

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Main Story - Joan Clarke
“Joan Clarke, woman who cracked Enigma cyphers with Alan Turing” by Joe Miller , BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29840653
“100 years ago: Joan Clarke” by American Mathematical Society. https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/201703/rnoti-p252.pdf
“The Enigma of Joan Clarke: Numismatist” by Heritage Editorial. https://blog.ha.co
“Banburismus”, Wikipedia Article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banburismus

Women who Work
Wallace, KJ, York, JM. A systems change framework for evaluating academic equity and inclusion in an Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program. Ecol. Evol. 2020; 00: 1– 8. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6817
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“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna

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Original publication: Sykes, Christopher (Director) (1992). The Strange Life and Death of Dr. Turing (Videotape). London: BBC Videos for Education and Training. OCLC 36219490.
Immediate source: http://www.bletchleyparkresearch.co.uk/waiting-for-joan-clarke/
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September 21, 2020Episode 065 - Xia Peisu | Computer Scientist
Alternate Title: Receive One's Compliment
Emma tells Emlyn about Xia Peisu, a key founder of China’s electronic computing industry.

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Main Story - Xia Peisu
Benavente, Rocío P. “Xia Peisu, the Chinese mother of computing.” Mujeres con Ciencia. 2020. https://mujeresconciencia.com/2020/05/14/xia-peisu-la-madre-china-de-la-computacion/
McNeil, Leila. “The computer pioneer who built modern China.” BBC Future. 2020. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200219-xia-peisu-the-computer-pioneer-who-built-modern-china
Wei, Qi. “Xia Peisu, one of the founders of China's computer industry: a quiet life.” Science China Press. 2015. http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2015/4/317119.shtm
Lee, Lily Xiao Hong. Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women, Volume 2. 1998. https://books.google.com/books?id=XOGdnCPJSOMC&pg=PA572#v=onepage&q&f=false
Dr. XIA Peisu’s Funeral Committee “Obituary of Academician XIA Peisu (1923-2014).” Institute of Computing Technology, CAS. 2014. http://english.ict.cas.cn/ns/es/201408/t20140830_127073.html
Women who Work
Greaves, J.S., Richards, A.M.S., Bains, W. et al. Phosphine gas in the cloud decks of Venus. Nat Astron (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-1174-4
“Phosphine gas found in Venus’ atmosphere may be ‘a possible sign of life’” by Lisa Grossman, Science News. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/phosphine-gas-found-venus-atmosphere-possible-sign-life
“Astronomers spy phosphine on Venus, a potential sign of life” by Mark Zastrow, Astronomy. https://astronomy.com/news/2020/09/astronomers-spy-phosphine-on-venus-a-potential-sign-of-life
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“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
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https://kknews.cc/zh-cn/news/mnp85jp.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xia_Peisu.jpg
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48min
September 08, 2020Episode 064 - Maryam Mirzakhani | Mathematician
Alternate Title: Math Pretzel
Emlyn tells Emma about the amazing mathematician and Fields Medal Winner, Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani.

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Main Story - Maryam Mirzakhani
“STEM HISTORY - Maryam Mirzakhani” by STEMulus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAorhUrYO6c
“Meet the First Woman to Win Math's Most Prestigious Prize “ by Erica Klarreich. https://www.wired.com/2014/08/maryam-mirzakhani-fields-medal/
Maryam Mirzakhani (1977–2017) by Kasra Rafi. https://www.nature.com/articles/549032a
“Maryam Mirzakhani” Wikipedia article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_Mirzakhani
Check out this film: “Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Visions of Maryam Mirzakhani” by George Csicsery: http://www.zalafilms.com/secrets/index.html#about

Women who Work
Study finds 'nomophobia' is associated with poor sleep health in college students.
Study evaluates immersive virtual reality as a sleep aid for teens.

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“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna

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Courtesy Stanford News Service
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1h 22min
August 24, 2020Episode 063 - Wangari Muta Maathai | Environmentalist
Alternate Title: A TREE-mendous Life
Emma tells Emlyn about Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai, the environmentalist, activist, and Nobel Peace Prize winner who founded the grassroots tree-planting campaign, the Greenbelt Movement.

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Main Story - Wangari Maathai
The Green Belt Movement
Maathai, Wangari, Unbowed: a Memoir. William Heinemann, London, 2007.
Wangari Maathai – Biographical. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2020. Mon. 24 Aug 2020.
Perlez, Jane. “Nairobi Journal; Skyscraper's Enemy Draws a Daily Dose of Scorn.” The New York Times. 1989. https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/06/world/nairobi-journal-skyscraper-s-enemy-draws-a-daily-dose-of-scorn.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
Gettleman, Jeffrey. “Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Dies at 71.” The New York Times. 2011. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/world/africa/wangari-maathai-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-dies-at-71.html

Women who Work
Press release by The Royal Society: https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/attenborough-prize/
Wikipedia on Alice Roberts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Roberts

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“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna

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Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA - Wangari Maathai 2004 Nobel Peace prize winner
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55min
August 12, 2020Episode 062 - Bertha Parker | Archeologist & Anthropologist
Alternate Title: Hollywood and Giant Sloths
Emlyn tells Emma about the pioneering Abenaki archeologist and anthropologist, Bertha Parker, and Emma tells Emlyn about glaciers on Mars!
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Main Story - Bertha Parker
Marranzino, Ashley. “Bertha Parker, the trailblazing first Indigenous North American archaeologist, taught herself how to excavate a site.” Massive Science. https://massivesci.com/articles/bertha-parker-pallan-archaeology-native-american-abenaki-seneca/
Bertha Parker Pallan Cody (1907-1978). Smithsonian Institute Archives. https://www.si.edu/es/object/bertha-parker-pallan-cody-1907-1978:siris_arc_306365
Bruchac, Margaret M. and Zobel, Melissa Fawcett Tantaquidgeon. 2018. Savage Kin: Indigenous Informants and American Anthropologists (Native Peoples of the Americas). University of Arizona Press.
IMDB pages for crimson challenge and Desert Gold. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134611/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013034/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
Wikipedia, “Bertha Parker Pallan” and “Gypsum Cave”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsum_Cave_(Nevada) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Parker_Pallan

Women who Work
Wickramasinghe, Sachintha. “Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers.” University of British Columbia News. https://news.ubc.ca/2020/08/03/early-mars-was-covered-in-ice-sheets-not-flowing-rivers/
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“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna

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Smithsonian Institution flickr.com/people Uploaded by Magnus Manske - Bertha Parker Pallan (Cody) (1907-1978) Persistent URL:Link to data base record https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_306365 https://www.si.edu/object/siris_arc_306365
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48min
July 27, 2020Episode 061 - Kono Yasui | Cytologist
Alternate Title: COALescence
Emma tells Emlyn about Dr. Kono Yasui, an expert plant cytologist and the first woman to receive a doctorate of science in Japan.

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Main Story - Kono Yasui
McNeill, Leila. “How a Pioneering Botanist Broke Down Japan’s Gender Barriers.” Smithsonian Magazine. 2017. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-pioneering-botanist-broke-down-japans-gender-barriers-180967595/
Ochanomizu University “Kono Yasui (1880-1971) - Japan’s First Woman Doctorate of Science.” Ochanomizu University Digital Archives. 2011. http://archives.cf.ocha.ac.jp/en/researcher/yasui_kono.html
Yamazaki, Miwae. “Where no other dared to go: Kono Yasui (1880-1971) Japan’s First Woman Doctorate of Science.” Blazing a Path: Japanese Women’s Contributions to Modern Science. 2001. http://www.igs.ocha.ac.jp/igs/IGS_publication/pdf/yasui_where.pdf
HARRINGTON, A. (1987). WOMEN AND HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE JAPANESE EMPIRE (1895—1945). Journal of Asian History, 21(2), 169-186. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41930686?seq=6#metadata_info_tab_contents

Women who Work
Virginia Tech. "Researchers convert female mosquitoes to nonbiting males with implications for mosquito control." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 14 July 2020. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200714144730.htm
Azadeh Aryan, Michelle A. E. Anderson, James K. Biedler, Yumin Qi, Justin M. Overcash, Anastasia N. Naumenko, Maria V. Sharakhova, Chunhong Mao, Zach N. Adelman, Zhijian Tu. Nix alone is sufficient to convert female Aedes aegypti into fertile males and myo-sex is needed for male flight. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020; 202001132 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2001132117

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“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna

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Date 28 July 1948
Source "Asahi Graph" July 28, 1948 issue
Author Asahi Shimbun
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kono_Yasui#/media/File:Yasui_Kono.JPG
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56min
July 13, 2020Episode 060 - Marie Clark Taylor | Botanist
Alternate Title: Carpe Diem
Emlyn tells Emma about the legendary botanist, Dr. Marie Clark Taylor, the first African American woman to receive a PhD in botany. Dr. Taylor was not only a top researcher in her field of photomorphogenesis, but she spent much of her career training science teachers in innovative teaching methods that involved the use of plants.
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Main Story - Marie Clark Taylor
“Women of Firsts: Marie Clark Taylor” by Lucy Dinsmore, Women in Horticulture. https://www.womeninhorticulture.com/post/woman-of-firsts-marie-clark-taylor
Warren, Wini. Black Women Scientists in the United States. Indiana University Press, 1999.
Plant Science Bulletin, Botanical Society of America, 1957. https://www.botany.org/PlantScienceBulletin/psb-1957-03-2.php
“New Guinea Campaign”, Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Guinea_campaign
“Marie Taylor”, Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Taylor
Women who Work
Devitt, James. “Scientists Discover a New Connection Between the Eyes and Touch.” NYU, 2020. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/july/scientists-discover-a-new-connection-between-the-eyes-and-touch.html
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“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marie_Clark_Taylor_(1911-1990).jpg
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44min
June 29, 2020Episode 059 - Martha Bernal | Psychologist
Alternate Title: Changing Behavior
Emma tells Emlyn about Martha Bernal, a clinical child psychologist and pioneer in the study of ethnic minority psychology.
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Main Story - Martha Bernal
George, M. (2012). Profile of Martha Bernal.In A. Rutherford (Ed.), Psychology's Feminist Voices Multimedia Internet Archive. http://www.feministvoices.com/martha-bernal/
O'Connell, Agnes N & Russo, Nancy Felipe, 1943- (1988). Models of achievement: reflections of eminent women in psychology. Hillsdale, NJ Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
CDC page for “Behavior or Conduct Problems in Children” https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/behavior.html
Vasquez, M.J.T. “Martha Bernal (1931-2001)”. The Feminist Psychologist, Newsletter of the Society for the Psychology of Women, Division 35 of the American Psychological Association, Volume 30, Number 1, Winter, 2003. https://www.apadivisions.org/division-35/about/heritage/martha-bernal-biography

Women who Work
“NASA Names Headquarters After Its First Black Female Engineer, Mary Jackson” by Allyson Waller, The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/science/nasa-mary-jackson-hidden-figures.html
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“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna

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From A. M. Amado & E. Olmedo, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, Vol. 15, 2009, p. 366.
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56min
June 15, 2020Episode 058 - Katherine Johnson | Mathematician
Alternate Title: Figuring It Out
Emlyn tells Emma all about Katherine Johnson, the mathematician whose complex calculations of orbital mechanics were essential for sending astronauts safely into space.
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Main Story - Katherine Johnson
“Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician And An Inspiration For 'Hidden Figures,' Dies” by Russell Lewis, NPR: https://www.npr.org/2020/02/24/517784975/katherine-johnson-nasa-mathematician-and-an-inspiration-for-hidden-figures-dies
“Katherine Johnson” by Margot Lee Shetterly, Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00749-3
“The True Story of “Hidden Figures,” the Forgotten Women Who Helped Win the Space Race” by Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/forgotten-black-women-mathematicians-who-helped-win-wars-and-send-astronauts-space-180960393/
Shetterly ML. Hidden Figures : The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. First edition. William Morrow; 2016.
“Katherine Johnson” Wikipedia Page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson
Women who Work
This week, our shout outs go to three amazing podcasts hosted by Black women scientists:
In Those Genes. https://inthosegenes.com/
Blk + In Grad School. https://www.blkingradschool.com/
Dope Labs. https://www.dopelabspodcast.com/
We also made a longer list of podcasts hosted by Black women that may be of interest to our listeners, as they cover related topics like science, technology, and women in academia!
In addition, we discuss the Twitter threads #BlackAFinSTEM and #BlackintheIvory which brought to light the experiences of Black people in science and academia, and we give a shout out to the BlackAFinSTEM Ologies episode which featured “30 new science heroes who are @BlackAFinSTEM.”

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“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna

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Public Domain
File:Katherine Johnson at NASA, in 1966 - Original.jpg
Created: 1 January 1966
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FAQs about STEM Fatale Podcast:

How many episodes does STEM Fatale Podcast have?

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