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Marie Curie

10 Real World Princesses Who Don't Need Disney Glitter

David Trumble | Posted 05.15.2013 | Parents
Read More: Toys, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Cartoons, Jane Goodall, Merida, Princess Culture, Anne Frank, Disney Princess, Role Models, Gloria Steinem, Princess Merida, Marie Curie, World of Women, Malala Yousafzai, Satire, Raising Girls, Marketing, Hillary Clinton, Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony, Disney, Harriet Tubman, Slidepollajax, Princesses, Parents News
David Trumble

I have met more than my share of inspiring, incredible women over the last year, the majority of whom have been very young indeed, and they all seem to have a very definite idea of who their role models are. And when I listed a few of them in my head today, I found myself asking the question: How many of these women would be improved by a few extra sparkles?

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Where Have All The Role Models For Girls Gone?

Shelley Emling | Posted 05.04.2013 | Fifty
Read More: Stem, Women Role Models, Post50 Celebrities, Role Models for Girls, Female Role Models, STEM Education, Girls in Stem, Madame Curie, Marie Curie, Fifty News
Shelley Emling

Celebrities in the United States typically include singers and film stars and sports heroes. They also usually include people like Kim Kardashian who are simply famous for being famous. But -- once upon a time -- scientists used to be celebrities as well.

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Why Don't Girls And Science Mix?

Shelley Emling | Posted 08.27.2012 | Science
Read More: Girls, Math, Mathematics, Science, Women in Tech, STEM Education, Women in Science, Marie Curie, Science News
Shelley Emling

Sure, you're thinking, everyone has heard of Marie Curie. But what do you really know about her? Perhaps you vaguely recall that she was the first person to be honored with two Nobel Prizes -- or that she was the first to use the word "radioactivity."

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Collaboration in Science and Art

David Galenson | Posted 09.22.2012 | Arts
Read More: John Lennon, Lorenz Hart, Paul McCartney, Apple II, Pierre Curie, Marie Curie, Richard Rodgers, Albert Einstein, Arts News
David Galenson

Comparison of collaboration in the sciences and in the visual arts reveals some important differences.

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Kids Have Summer Reading Lists. Here's One For Adults. [But With No Book Reports Due In September]

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 08.28.2012 | Books
Read More: Walter Tevis, James Salter, Alan Furst, Mickey Dora, Arsene Lupin, John McPhee, Patti Smith, Eric Hoffer, John Cheever, John Green, Marie Curie, Sharon Olds, Birkin Bag, Books News
Jesse Kornbluth

A friend suggested I pull together a reading list for the summer. I had a hard time taking her seriously. She's one of the smartest, best-read people ...

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Choose Your Intellectual Role Model

Nick Kolakowski | Posted 08.26.2012 | Home
Read More: Steve Jobs, Adam Smith, Isaac Newton, Joyce Carol Oates, Alan Turing, Diane Arbus, Role Models, Intellectualism, Marie Curie, Home News
Nick Kolakowski

For aspiring intellectuals, a role model proves all the pondering and toil can (against all odds) end in recognition, validation, and triumph.

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Cara Santa Maria

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.06.2012 | Science
Read More: Women, Stem, Jane Goodall, Science, Mathematics, Girls in Science, Marie Curie, Engineering, Girls, Video, Math, Talk Nerdy to Me, Google Science Fair, Cara Santa Maria, Stereotype Threat, Technology, Women in Science, Girls in Stem, Science News

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 | Science
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 | Technology
Read More: Radium, Science, Radioactivity, Marie Curie Radium, Marie Curie Life, Marie Curie, Radiation, Scientists, Technology News
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 | Books
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 | New York
Read More: Marie Curie, Art, New York Public Library, Books, Science, Exhibitions, Art Exhibitions, Nypl, Slidepollajax, New York News
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 | Arts
Read More: Metropolitan Opera, Playwriting, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Science-and-Art, Opera, Alfred P Sloan Foundation, Science, Theater, Plays, Michael Frayn, Marie Curie, Play, Drama, John Adams, Theatre, Tom Stoppard, Sean Carroll, Science Fiction, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Arts News
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 | Books
Read More: Slidepollajax, Alexander Graham Bell, George Washington Carver, Wright Brothers, Inventors, Twitter, Thomas Edison, Johannes Gutenberg, Books, Historical Tweets, Marie Curie, Tweets, Books News
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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When Historical Partnerships End Before the Work Is Finished

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
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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Nobel Prizes 2009: A Record Year For Women

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Marie Curie, Women's Rights, Nobel Prizes 2009, Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Women, Herta Mueller, Nobel Prizes, Carol Greider, Nobel Female, Elizabeth Blackburn, Ada Yonath, Slideshow, 2009 Nobel Prizes, Women Nobel Prize 2009, Nobel Peace Prize Women 2009, Nobel Peace Prize Woman 2009, Literary Prizes, World News

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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