AvatarKevin McGrathHarvard The Little-Known Female Scientists Who Mapped 400,000 Stars Over a Century Ago: An Introduction to the “Harvard Computers” openculture.com - by Ayun Halliday Image via Wikimedia Commons As team names go, the Harvard Computers has kind of an oddball ring to it, but it’s far preferable to Pickering’s Harem, …
AvatarKevin McGrathBlack Holes Lab-grown black hole behaves just like Stephen Hawking said it would Live Science - Tim Childers In 1974, Stephen Hawking theorized that the universe's darkest gravitational behemoths, black holes, were not the pitch-black star swallowers …
AvatarKevin McGrathVictorian Era Gertrude Bell Was Victorian England's 'Female Lawrence of Arabia' howstuffworks.com It's safe to say the majority of women in Victorian-era England weren't afforded too many opportunities for adventure. In fact, most women from the …
AvatarKevin McGrathWomen's History Dive into women's history with these 4 free online resources verified_publisherMashable - Siobhan Neela-StockWhile you're probably still stuck at home due to COVID-19, this doesn't mean you can't celebrate Women's History Month by learning about women's past and contemporary achievements in America and beyond....
AvatarKevin McGrathPrehistory The chilling story behind the ancient mounds you can see all over Kent kentlive.news - Jamie Rose Some people are probably unaware of the chilling story behind the unremarkable mounds you see dotted across Kent and the rest of the country. Buried …