Women In Science
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Life
Finally, an all-female spacewalk is under way – this is why it matters
Women make their mark in astronomical history
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- Anna Brech
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Long Reads
This woman could be the first person to walk on Mars
Alyssa Carson is one of the world's youngest astronauts in training, working to fulfil her dream of travelling to Mars.
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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Life
Simone Biles just broke a 29-year-old record in serious style
Plus, four more good news stories that went viral this week.
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- Lauren Geall
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Travel
This Cheshire landmark is now a UNSECO World Heritage site
If you hadn't heard of Jodrell Bank Observatory, here's your chance to catch up
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- Moya Lothian-McLean
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- Lauren Geall
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These are the feminist pioneers receiving their medical degrees 150 years after they enrolled
The posthumous awards will honour the first female students enrolled at any UK university.
Life
Women at the very top of their game in tech are being called “Tinkerbell”
“They all clapped and said, ‘Tinkerbell!’”
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- Hollie Richardson
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Life
Pioneering IVF nurse snubbed, new papers reveal
Jean Purdy is one in a long line of women whose contributions to science have been ignored.
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- Sarah Shaffi
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Life
Three young women on reaching for the stars, and finding space
Inspiration for any woman wanting to go to space.
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- Richard Ginger
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Visible Women
Why visible role models are so important for black women in STEM
New research highlights the inspiring role played by black female scientists.
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- Moya Crockett
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Visible Women
Meet Dr Katie Bouman, the 29-year-old who made that black hole photo possible
“Congratulations and thank you for your enormous contribution to the advancments of science and mankind.”
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- Moya Crockett
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Life
Cern cuts ties with scientist who made “offensive” remarks about women and physics
Apparently, “physics was invented and built by men – it’s not by invitation”.
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- Moya Crockett
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- Stylist Team
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Meet Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, the woman whose career is quite literally out of this world
A one day diary from morning latte to lights out
Visible Women
Men are freaking out about this science conference with an all-female line-up
Organisers wanted to show that it’s possible to have 100% women speakers at a scientific event – and men are crying sexism.
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- Moya Crockett
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Careers
How love led this scientist to pursue a life-saving career path
“To be honest, I stayed because of my supervisor”
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- Hannah Keegan
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Visible Women
How you can join the fight to get a woman on the new £50 note
The British public will get to have a say in whose face will grace the banknote, and we think it should be a woman.
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- Hannah-Rose Yee
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Visible Women
Why this pioneering breast cancer researcher is Stylist’s Woman of the Week
In conversation with Dr Rachael Natrajan of the Institute of Cancer Research.
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- Moya Crockett
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Visible Women
A woman just won the Nobel Prize for Physics for the first time in 55 years
She’s also only the third woman in history to be awarded the honour
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- Hannah-Rose Yee
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Visible Women
How one woman helped pioneering female scientists to reclaim the spotlight
Her poster series aims to highlight the women in STEM who have fallen through the cracks of history
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- Hannah-Rose Yee
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- Moya Crockett
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How Twitter solved the mystery of the black woman scientist in an old photo
People thought that Sheila Minor was ‘support staff’ – but she was so much more.
Quotes
The best Stephen Hawking quotes about love, life and the universe
To mark the death of this extraordinary person, we take a look back at some of his most incredible quotes...
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- Megan Murray
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