#todayinscience

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D O R O T H Y  H O D G K I N  

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‘ at the sir john leman school in beccles, england, dorothy crowfoot hodgkin and her friend norah pusey, were the only two  girls in the chemistry class. they had to petition to take chemistry  rather than ‘domestic science’ with the other girls. ‘

in 1964 she won the nobel prize in chemistry.

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Nine years ago today the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry into Earth's atmosphere. Mission STS-107 was the 113th shuttle launch and was delayed over two years from its original launch date of January 11, 2001. This loss resulted in the suspension of the shuttle program until President Bush announced the [Vision for Space Exploration](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_for_Space_Exploration) less than a year later.