One of the stones of the Orgueil Meteorite that fell on May 14, 1864; at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.
Eunostos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Rosalind Franklin’s research was crucial to discovering DNA’s double helix structure 🧬 but it was James Watson & Francis Crick who received the credit & Nobel Prize.
Unknown to Franklin, the pair saw her unpublished data & X-ray diffraction images, inspiring their model. They never acknowledged her contribution until after her death.
How many discoveries & innovations of #women do we attribute to the men who took credit for their ideas?
theconversation.com/sexism-pus… #history #science #HistoryRemix
Sexism pushed Rosalind Franklin toward the scientific sidelines during her short life, but her work still shines on her 100th birthday
Franklin was born a century ago, and her X-ray crystallography work crucially contributed to determining the structure of DNA.The Conversation
There are so many women in #STEAM & #history who weren't widely acknowledged or remembered for their contributions.
I've enjoyed the opportunity to highlight several & plan to continue. Here are a few favorites:
Henrietta Swan Leavitt mastodon.social/@Sheril/109379…
Cecilia Payne mastodon.social/@Sheril/109457…
Elizabeth Magie mastodon.social/@Sheril/109466…
Rosalind Franklin mastodon.social/@Sheril/109528…
Lise Meitner mastodon.social/@Sheril/109579…
Marianne North mastodon.social/@Sheril/109721…
Marie Tharp mastodon.social/@Sheril/109771…
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Attached: 1 image I bet you’ve heard of Galileo & Hubble, but what about Henrietta Swan Leavitt? Leavitt changed astronomy. She figured out new ways to measure a star’s distance from Earth & her work helped determine the universe is expanding.Mastodon
Great images of some Murchison Meteorites. Fell September 28th, 1969 near Murchison, Victoria, Australia.
Photographer: Rodney Start; Museums Victoria. (CC BY 4.0)
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Plates 30 and 31 are amazing!
"The Orgueil Meteorite (Atlas of Microfossils)" - October 2020 by A. Yu. Rozanov, Richard Brice Hoover, Krasavin Eugene, Olga Samylina, Anton Ryumin, Mikhail Kapralov, E. A. Saprykin, and A. N. Afanasyieva.
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I was just reminded of an oracle page I created (with programming help). I don't mean Oracle, the cloud application provider. I mean THE ORACLE OF HOUSEHOLD CHORES! Be amazed, be delighted, get an accurate prediction of what chores need doing!
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Glass Wings: Oracle of Household Chores
Glass Wings is a creative arts journal supporting a diversity of life-affirming creative forms and outlooks.glasswings.com.au
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"Guten Abend mein Name Soxy. Ich habe mich verlaufen. Können Sie mir helfen?"
#katzen #catsofmastodon #catwuschel
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Janelle Monae's joy
(a candid of janelle monae's face during the belly rubs song)
#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Cats #MastoCats #Cat
I thought Chinny was going to watch #BattleBots with me.
But no, it's a nice day outside and some birds are outside...
So much for my cat chat while watching TV. 😳
In August 2022, several college students flew on @nasawallops P-3 aircraft to collect atmospheric data as part of NASA's SaSa program.
“I felt my dreams of becoming a scientist become more tangible,,” said Sophia Ramirez.
Read about their experiences: go.nasa.gov/3XpdyFY
#NASAEarth
Through the @GLOBEProgram, sponsored by @nasa, people around the world can learn about and help with science research like documenting land cover, photographing clouds and taking environmental measurements with kites! 🌳 ☁️ 🪁
Learn more & join today: go.nasa.gov/3jFCknD
#NASAEarth
GLOBE Home Page - GLOBE.gov
The Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based science and education program.go.nasa.gov
#ISS
Has anyone considered launching a ball large enough to be used as a repair hanger with a pair of shields to reduce the drag on launch? So the rocket would look like ===<O>
The idea would be that the ball could open up to accept smaller modules inside for repairs (then repressurized), and when not in use it could be a much larger recreation area. The shields would have their parts stored inside the ball at launch and then would be assembled inside the ball to become a pair of shield-type emergency return craft.
Portion of a Cold Bokkeveld meteorite, many of which fell northeast of Capetown, South Africa on October 13, 1838.
The paleobear from Lontananza, Loreto, Peru, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
This Linux Patch Removes Spectre & Meltdown Protections
It's been a few years since Spectre and Meltdown were major news stories and since the mitigations were added for those and other exploits you've been able t...YouTube
Is it known how much faster a PC can get by disabling this? Could be useful with multiple Kernels, one for work without offline (rendering?) in the night and the other when going back online, with protections.
Not sure if that would be safe to do. Also what about Virtual Machines?
Granted, I don't know how the performance impact is now, but I remember (maybe incorrectly) them decreasing the performance up to ~20% in some situations and depending on the mitigation. Maybe I read it on Phoronix or something, I can't recall
I jotted this down in 1998, but it's still useful. A guide for people who want to cultivate, nourish, garden good conversations in #OnlineCommunities .
@danwchan @CaitlinWaddick @LeoSammallahti @flgnk @flancian ...
Today marks the 26th anniversary of the second servicing mission up to the Hubble Space Telescope!
The SM2 astronaut crew greatly improved Hubble’s productivity by installing new scientific instruments and replacing degraded spacecraft components: go.nasa.gov/3jJ21Ua
#Hubble
About - Hubble Servicing Missions | SM2
NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.NASA
How we got into these 40 years of mess visionon.tv/w/nsT86wyAantV5teg…
Death Valley Days: Secret Love [excerpt] - by Gorilla Tapes (1984)
This remix video was created by the British scratch video group Gorilla Tapes in 1984. The full 20 minute video is called "Death Valley Days" and re-frames the relationship between conservative politicians Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. It w...visionOntv
The Kaba Meteorite was observed to fall at Kaba, near Debrecen, Hungary, on April 15, 1857.
Mihály Nagy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Welcome to your digital Hubble science toolkit!
To celebrate #InternationalDayofWomenAndGirlsInScience, explore this thread to find online resources about Hubble, astronomy, and careers at @nasa. 👩🚀 ⬇️
#Hubble
Whether you're into podcasts or books, we've got a full digital library of content where you can learn more about our universe.
Dive deeper into the science behind Hubble's discoveries!
Digital Library
NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.NASA
Guns, explosive material seized from Springfield man tied to 'Boogaloo' movement, feds say
The Anti-Defamation League says the Boogaloos are an anti-government extremist group.Harrison Keegan (Springfield News-Leader)
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#DecentSocial my prospective. decentsocial.net/ this #openweb event, the feeling that 90% of the talking was about things that had been talked about way too much before and obviously did not matter for what needs to be #fediverse focus/done now. So strong noise to signal at this event.
This is kinda normal, obviously need good faith to mediate.
#academics #fahernistas #NGO #geekproblem need balance.
Who is up for helping bridge building in the next session in an hour or so 😀
DecentSocial
We're not asking for a perfect social web. We're just want something decent.decentsocial.net
Hubble upgrade!
STS-82, launched #OTD in 1997, was dedicated to servicing @NASAHubble. Over 5 EVAs totaling more than 33 hours, the telescope's scientific instruments were updated and Hubble's orbit was boosted by 3.2 km (2 mi).
Get the details: go.nasa.gov/3YuUhns
#NASAhistory
About - Hubble Servicing Missions | SM2
NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.NASA
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An Evolutionary Tale of Zombie Ants and Fungal Villains & Knights
by Gemma Reguera | In a recent post I shared with you some amazing things I had learnt about coprophilous (‘dung-loving’) fungi that spit their spores like pros.Small Things Considered
We support women in STEM. 👩🔬👩💻
Today is the @un International Day of Women and Girls in Science. #WomenInScience
To celebrate, we’re highlighting some of the amazing women doing @nasa Earth science!
#NASAEarth
“My younger self would be very proud that I’m here at NASA, doing a job I love.”
Rachel Tilling monitors sea ice cover around the world. Usually this means studying satellite data, but her work also involves traveling to study sea ice up close! 🌊🧊 go.nasa.gov/3xbmt36
#NASAEarth
Assistant Research Scientist Rachel Tilling
I hope to have more open conversations about mental health support with my fellow lab members as well as outside of work, so I can help to create a culture that is mental health aware.Thalia Patrinos (NASA)
Do you want to work on a mission like Hubble? Learn about some of our team's scientists, and find out about all the different types of careers that make up NASA.
Hubble Inspires | Career Aspirations
NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.NASA
Desde hace 11 años trabajamos para aportar al cambio social 🌿👩💻
Defendemos y promovemos:
✅️ la Comunalidad Digital,
✅️ los Derechos Digitales y
✅️ los Hackfeminismos
Puedes conocer más sobre nosotras en 👉sursiendo.org
Game on!
Expand your cosmic horizons with Hubble's interactive online activities. We've got games, trivia, videos, and more!
Hubble Inspires | Online Activities
NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.NASA
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Rosalind Franklin update!
“A new paper based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.”
livescience.com/health/genetic… #HistoryRemix #history #science /2
Rosalind Franklin knew DNA was a helix before Watson and Crick, unpublished material reveals
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Reminds me of this joke:
Lecturer: What did Watson & Crick discover?
Woman in audience: Rosalind Franklin’s notebook
cui bono, baby.
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