Forgotten Women in STEM: Ann Katharine Mitchell
After my article on the “Matilda effect” (click here to read it), I decided to write stories of forgotten women in STEM. Last week I wrote about dr. Cecilia Payne, an astrophysicist who suggested for the first time that the stars are primarily composed by hydrogen and helium (click here to read it). The second episode is […]
Jet lag and melatonin
What is melatonin? Melatonin is a hormone released by the pineal gland at night, which regulates the sleep-wake cycle. The maximum concentration of melatonin in blood can be measured between 2 and 4 am. What is jet lag? Jet lag is a physiological condition due to alterations of the body’s sleep-wake cycle. Usually people suffer […]
Forgotten Women in STEM: Cecilia Payne
In April I wrote an article on the so-called “Matilda effect” (click here to read it) and this gave me the idea of writing posts on the countless women in STEM, who have been erased from history. Today I am writing about Cecilia Payne, an astrophysicist who suggested for the first time that the stars […]
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