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WATCH: You Are Not Too Pretty To Do Math--Or Science!

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.06.2012

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2012-02-08-jdjgidjfidjfidijfdfcnvmnmvcnvmcnvmcbvcvbmcbvmcbv.jpgWomen make up just about half of the American workforce, but we hold less than a quarter of the STEM jobs. Why is that?

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Fur Will Fly at First Scientific Conference on Animal Consciousness

Carolyn Bucior | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Alex the Parrot, Irene Pepperberg, Marie Curie, Animal Consciousnes, Jane Goodall, Science News
Carolyn Bucior

Birds, dolphins, elephants, mice, pre-historic human beings... Do any creatures other than modern-day people possess what we call consciousness? Brain researchers from around the world are set to explore that question this summer.

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In Love With Marie

Alan Alda | Posted 07.31.2011

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Alan Alda

It may seem frivolous to talk about loving Marie Curie, as though I insist on seeing her in a personal way. But for those of us who are not scientists, yet hunger to understand science more deeply, the personal, the human, is our doorway.

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The Love Story of Marie & Pierre Curie Is Now a Beautiful Book (With A Spooky, Challenging Ending)

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Atomic Energy, Pierre Curie, Lauren Redniss, Marie Curie, Books News
Jesse Kornbluth

There are exciting, original books, and then there is Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout -- a book so astonishingly inventive that the cover is both a joke and a metaphor.

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Radioactive Artist Lauren Redniss Talks of Love, Science, and Finding Inspiration at the Library

The New York Public Library | Posted 05.25.2011

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The New York Public Library

When Lauren Redniss is asked why she created Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout, her reply is as striking as her work: "I wanted to create a visual book about invisible forces."

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Eureka! Science Belongs On Stage

Lauren Gunderson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lauren Gunderson

Science is built for the stage. The very act of scientific discovery is one of the most dramatic in the human experience. Dramatic because it changes everything.

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Dumb Luck: Top 7 'Historical Tweets' From Inventors (PHOTOS, POLL)

Alec McNayr | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alec McNayr

Whether scientist or tinkerer, academic or technologist, the greatest inventors of all time had one thing in common--they divulged their innermost tho...

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Nobel Prizes 2009: A Record Year For Women

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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AP -- This year a record five women were honored by the Nobel committees. In total, only 40 women have won the prestigious prizes, including Marie Cur...

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When Historical Partnerships End Before the Work Is Finished

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christo, Marie Curie, Jeanne-Claude, The Mastaba, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, The Gates, Pierre Curie, Artists, Over the River Project for the Arkansas River, Modern Art, Over the River, Style News
Lapham's Quarterly

For two people seemingly fused together and yet fiercely independent, one of the great misconceptions about Christo and Jeanne-Claude's art was that the artist was solely Christo.

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