Wildlife Biologist Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa

Mrinalini Watsa

DNA Hunting in the Jungle Mrinalini is a DNA hunter. She prowls the Amazon jungle and African grasslands, following monkeys, jaguars, elephants and leopards, collecting the DNA they leave behind in footprints, fur, and poop. Mrinalini is not just a geneticist, she’s a wildlife biologist working hard to save endangered […]

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DNA Hunting in the Jungle Mrinalini is a DNA hunter. She prowls the Amazon jungle and African grasslands, following monkeys, jaguars, elephants and leopards, collecting the DNA they leave behind in footprints, fur, and poop. Mrinalini is not just a geneticist, she’s a wildlife biologist working hard to save endangered

Cultivating Curiosity: An Interview with Michael Pollan, Author of “The Botany of Desire”, Young Readers Edition

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Michael Pollan is a storyteller of the natural world. A writer, an educator and a luminary with a remarkable ability to distill complex scientific concepts across disciplines to inspire readers to reconnect with the natural world. Through his books, we step into the world where plants reveal their secrets and

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Michael Pollan is a storyteller of the natural world. A writer, an educator and a luminary with a remarkable ability to distill complex scientific concepts across disciplines to inspire readers to reconnect with the natural world. Through his books, we step into the world where plants reveal their secrets and

Science, Humor, and the Universe: An Interview With Jorge Cham

Jorge is an engineer-turned-cartoonist. He is the bestselling author of the award-winning book We Have No Idea and the co-host of the iHeart Radio show, Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe. He is also the creator of the Emmy-nominated show PBS Kids show, Elinor Wonders Why and the wildly popular

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Jorge is an engineer-turned-cartoonist. He is the bestselling author of the award-winning book We Have No Idea and the co-host of the iHeart Radio show, Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe. He is also the creator of the Emmy-nominated show PBS Kids show, Elinor Wonders Why and the wildly popular

Watch Mechanical Engineer And STEM Content Creator Jasmine Florentine At Work

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Tell us who you are, and what do you do? Here’s me in full steampunk-regalia on the airship I helped design while working at FIRST. When the airship was on, the rotors would spin and there’d be lights that kept score. I still can’t believe I got paid to do

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Tell us who you are, and what do you do? Here’s me in full steampunk-regalia on the airship I helped design while working at FIRST. When the airship was on, the rotors would spin and there’d be lights that kept score. I still can’t believe I got paid to do

Watch Nuclear Physicist Maria Zurek at Work

Maria Zurek

Tell us who you are, and what do you do? I’m a nuclear physicist at Argonne National Laboratory, and I study the tiniest parts that make up everything in our visible world. These super-small building blocks are called quarks and gluons. They come together like puzzle pieces to form protons

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Tell us who you are, and what do you do? I’m a nuclear physicist at Argonne National Laboratory, and I study the tiniest parts that make up everything in our visible world. These super-small building blocks are called quarks and gluons. They come together like puzzle pieces to form protons

Watch Cybersecurity Product Manager Arthi Vasudevan at Work

Arthi Vasudevan

Arthi Vasudevan is a senior product manager for industrial cybersecurity. She helps customers protect critical infrastructure, energy equipment, and networks, like power systems, utilities, turbines, compressors, pipelines, and manufacturing plants from digital, and cybersecurity threats. Arthi studied electrical engineering and obtained her Master’s in Business Administration. She is passionate about

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Arthi Vasudevan is a senior product manager for industrial cybersecurity. She helps customers protect critical infrastructure, energy equipment, and networks, like power systems, utilities, turbines, compressors, pipelines, and manufacturing plants from digital, and cybersecurity threats. Arthi studied electrical engineering and obtained her Master’s in Business Administration. She is passionate about

Watch Design Engineer Natalie TSE at Work

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A short bio about you and how you got where you are as a woman in STEM I grew up watching women in STEM on TV, like Dax on Star Trek and Scully on The X-Files. This taught me that women can do any job that men traditionally do. The

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A short bio about you and how you got where you are as a woman in STEM I grew up watching women in STEM on TV, like Dax on Star Trek and Scully on The X-Files. This taught me that women can do any job that men traditionally do. The

Watch Astrophysicist Eve Vavagiakis at Work

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Tell us who are you and what do you do? My name is Eve Vavagiakis, and I study the oldest light in the universe! I am a postdoc in physics at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York. I am working on building and testing a large cryogenic camera, too big

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Tell us who are you and what do you do? My name is Eve Vavagiakis, and I study the oldest light in the universe! I am a postdoc in physics at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York. I am working on building and testing a large cryogenic camera, too big

Entrepreneur Ayah Bdeir

Ayah Bdeir

When Ayah Bdeir left for college, she had been dreaming of a creative playground that fell somewhere between the worlds of Inspector Gadget and Bill Nye the Science Guy. Instead, her days were filled with a lot of theory, textbooks, and very few chances to create anything with her own

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When Ayah Bdeir left for college, she had been dreaming of a creative playground that fell somewhere between the worlds of Inspector Gadget and Bill Nye the Science Guy. Instead, her days were filled with a lot of theory, textbooks, and very few chances to create anything with her own

Top 10 Marie Curie Quotes

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Marie Curie’s quotes are a source of wisdom and inspiration for students of all ages.  In honor of her life and her work, here are our top 10 Marie Curie quotes. Marie Curie was a remarkable scientist who changed the world with her significant scientific contributions to the field of

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Marie Curie’s quotes are a source of wisdom and inspiration for students of all ages.  In honor of her life and her work, here are our top 10 Marie Curie quotes. Marie Curie was a remarkable scientist who changed the world with her significant scientific contributions to the field of

What do Astronomers do?

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Humans have always been fascinated by the sky and the stars. In every stage of human history, we have looked up and marveled at the great expanse . And thus, for the longest time, humans have strived to know more about this vastness around us . Even though anybody may

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Humans have always been fascinated by the sky and the stars. In every stage of human history, we have looked up and marveled at the great expanse . And thus, for the longest time, humans have strived to know more about this vastness around us . Even though anybody may

What do Geneticists do?

Working in the lab

Tucked away in every cell of your body is a molecule called DNA. Smaller bits of DNA, called genes, contain blueprints that tell your cells how to make proteins. These proteins can perform a whole range of tasks, like building muscles or even making eye pigments! These genes are also

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Tucked away in every cell of your body is a molecule called DNA. Smaller bits of DNA, called genes, contain blueprints that tell your cells how to make proteins. These proteins can perform a whole range of tasks, like building muscles or even making eye pigments! These genes are also

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