Eiffel Tower to gain symmetry with addition of women’s names

Women will join men in being honored on the Paris icon. The inspiration for the gender parity came from student and Eiffel Tower tour guide Benjamin Rigaud.

by Toni Feder

https://physicstoday.aip.org/news/eiffel-tower-to-gain-symmetry-with-addition-of-womens-names

A brochure with information about each of the women scientists is available here:
https://www.femmesetsciences.fr/_files/ugd/10ca83_3838bd19a41a4e83927cfc8fe0f50404.pdf

#womeninstem

Happy birthday to #biochemist Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), 1st Black woman to earn a PhD in #chemistry in the US! She made important research contributions to our understanding of the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & the chemistry of histones & protein synthesis. She established that “no bases other than adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine were present in appreciable amounts” in DNA - 🧵

#womenInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #histsci #printmaking #linocut #histmed #mastoArt

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦖🪶 Archaeopteryx lithographica is a famous transitional #fossil that shows the evolutionary connection between #dinosaurs and #birds.

Dr. Jingmai O'Connor explains how this specific specimen from the Field #Museum demonstrates the #Jurassic origins of flight through its unique feathers. The fossil took over 1,270 hours to uncover and shows details previously unknown in other specimens.

👉 Learn more: https://zurl.co/KNjiH

#animals #bones #flying #fossils #history #naturalhistory #paleontology #science #technology #tech #womeninstem #tksst #video

🦖🪶 Archaeopteryx lithographica is a famous transitional #fossil that shows the evolutionary connection between #dinosaurs and #birds.

Dr. Jingmai O'Connor explains how this specific specimen from the Field #Museum demonstrates the #Jurassic origins of flight through its unique feathers. The fossil took over 1,270 hours to uncover and shows details previously unknown in other specimens.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/chicago-archaeopteryx-lithographica-field-museum-fossil-video?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=chicago-archaeopteryx-lithographica-field-museum-fossil-video

#animals #bones #flying #fossils #history #naturalhistory #paleontology #science #technology #tech #womeninstem #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐆🏔️ Four snow #leopard cubs at #Melbourne #Zoo recently left their den for the first time to undergo their initial veterinary health check.

Watch as the veterinary team examines Maya, Kira, Lumi, and Sabu while they venture into their outside habitat.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/snow-leopard-cubs-venture-outside-and-have-their-first-vet-check?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=snow-leopard-cubs

#animals #babies #cats #cute #endangeredspecies #jobs #play #snow #snowleopards #womeninstem #work #tksst #video