Behold! Something actually good happening in the news! Emmanuelle Charpentier, Ph.D., and Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D., just took home the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, making history in the process. On Wednesday, October 7, the scientists were awarded the… more »

"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… more »

**Kathy Lueders, the NASA official who oversaw the historic SpaceX astronaut launch last month, has been named the new head of NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate! In this role, Lueders will lead all of NASA's human spaceflight… more »

Kathy Sullivan and pilot Victor Vescovo, seen after their dive to Challenger Deep. Courtesy of Enrique Alvarez Kathy Sullivan has seen her share of highs and lows. Sullivan, the first U.S. woman to walk in space, a veteran of three shuttle missions and… more »

Nightingale was born May 12, 1820, in Florence, Italy. As a member of an affluent British family she was afforded a classical education, including mathematics, German, French and Italian. Her early philanthropic work caring for the ill and poor people… more »