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The ‘Rough Guide to Spotting Bad Science’ got spruced up to go with last week’s scientific evidence post. Handy for critiquing the latest ‘superfood’ claim, or the most recent chemical scare story! Larger image & PDF download here: http://wp.me/p4aPLT-ap
Since her death in 1979, the woman who discovered what the universe is made of has not so much as received a memorial plaque. Her newspaper obituaries do not mention her greatest discovery. […] Every high school student knows that Isaac Newton discovered gravity, that Charles Darwin discovered evolution, and that Albert Einstein discovered the relativity of time. But when it comes to the composition of our universe, the textbooks simply say that the most abundant atom in the universe is hydrogen. And no one ever wonders how we know.
Jeremy Knowles, discussing the complete lack of recognition Cecilia Payne gets, even today, for her revolutionary discovery. (via alliterate)
OH WAIT LEMME TELL YOU ABOUT CECILIA PAYNE.
Cecilia Payne’s mother refused to spend money on her college education, so she won a scholarship to Cambridge.
Cecilia Payne completed her studies, but Cambridge wouldn’t give her a degree because she was a woman, so she said fuck that and moved to the United States to work at Harvard.
Cecilia Payne was the first person ever to earn a Ph.D. in astronomy from Radcliffe College, with what Otto Strauve called “the most brilliant Ph.D. thesis ever written in astronomy.”
Not only did Cecilia Payne discover what the universe is made of, she also discovered what the sun is made of (Henry Norris Russell, a fellow astronomer, is usually given credit for discovering that the sun’s composition is different from the Earth’s, but he came to his conclusions four years later than Payne—after telling her not to publish).
Cecilia Payne is the reason we know basically anything about variable stars (stars whose brightness as seen from earth fluctuates). Literally every other study on variable stars is based on her work.
Cecilia Payne was the first woman to be promoted to full professor from within Harvard, and is often credited with breaking the glass ceiling for women in the Harvard science department and in astronomy, as well as inspiring entire generations of women to take up science.
Cecilia Payne is awesome and everyone should know her.
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Seriously, everyone should know her.
Woman, phenomenally.
I've spoken out against sex testing before, but new research makes an even more potent argument.
We need rules that allow for thorough concussion testing without punishing teams and players.
If you have not yet watched the documentary Head Games, you really should. It is available for a short period on netflix. This article shows that the more we learn about chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the more we realize we don't understand enough.
What factors should we use to determine if an athlete is ready to return to sports after ACL reconstruction?
Here's a hint, its not just time.
FRONTLINE reveals the hidden story of the NFL and brain injuries.
I highly recommend watching this documentary about concussions in the NFL. You will learn a lot about the neuroscience of brain injury, the brutality of professional football, and the callousness of the NFL.
Undergrads at Rice University took a semester long project and turned it into an inspiring two-year challenge to build a robotic arm for a teenager with osteogenesis imperfecta.
Google Maps teamed up with scientists on the Galapagos Islands to create a very cool visual experience.
➤ Flu Vaccine: http://is.gd/t3a0gY ➤ Solar Cells: http://is.gd/x48QzF ➤ New Matter: http://is.gd/iEHyMM ➤ Martian Water: http://is.gd/zu9hs3 ➤ Mind-controlled Bionic Leg: http://is.gd/NTkp3M ➤ Carbon Nanotube Computer:http://is.gd/8VSwa3
Originally posted by Our Incredible Universe on Google+
Just in case you've managed to make it through Thursday without realizing that it's Geek Week over at YouTube, here is one of the many incredible videos featured this week. It is a sampling of 60 reasons why the world is awesome (in the true sense of the word).
3D Printers and Medical Science I often find myself talking excitedly about what 3D printers are doing and will do for medical science. Two of my favorite stories are about Emma's "magic arms" and the printing of blood vessels (which is quickly advancing). Watching the video above, you can see that 3D printing will not only create advances in medical science (particularly in the field of organ transplants), but it will also potentially change global markets, food production, prenatal care, and more.
