Some scientists find their life’s passion exploring the vast unknowns of the galaxies; others, like this week’s WiSE Wednesday honoree, […]

Alice Ball developed the first truly effective treatment for leprosy (Hansen’s disease), but you likely haven’t heard of her. In […]

Next month, people will turn their (guarded) eyes to space to see the solar eclipse. This week, we look back […]

Every day, scientists use math – whether it’s doing simple algebra by hand to determine concentrations of a solution or […]

Have you ever felt guilty “bothering” a scientist with your questions? Don’t! As this week’s WiSE Wednesday honoree, molecular biologist […]

Now recognized as one of the most brilliant astronomers of the twentieth century, credited with determining what stars are made […]

Ada Yonath was born in Jerusalem in 1939 to a family that struggled financially but was determined for her to […]

Most of the women in science we have featured through WiSE Wednesday have done their work in a laboratory, but […]

She is credited with “saving the cotton industry” and saving the lives of Korean War soldiers. Who am I talking […]

Studying for my qualifying exam has been quite stressful, but, in the course of my literature review, I have come […]