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Painting of William and Caroline Herschel standing in a study, surrounded by star charts and telescopes

Making Space for Women in Astronomy

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Where Are My Children? Public Health in the Movies

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Distilled #2: An Early (Gold-Plated!) Not-Quite-IUD

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It’s Nothing New: Sexism in the Lab

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Women’s Work

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Portrait of Dorothy Sayers, progenitor of forensic-based crime fiction. (National Portrait Gallery, London)

Forensic Chemistry in Golden-Age Detective Fiction: Dorothy L. Sayers and the CSI Effect

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A giant leg, 35 feet high, advertised nylons to the Los Angeles area.

Nylon: A Revolution in Textiles

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