Elizabeth Roboz Einstein’s life was shaped by the forces of history. She studied bioorganic chemistry at the University of Vienna in the 1920s and then left her home country of Hungary during World War II, before German troops invaded — practically a miracle for a single, Jewish woman. In the U.S., she blazed a trail in the brand new field of neurochemistry; ... Show More
Apr 2
Conversation: If I Am Right, and I Know I Am: Inge Lehmann, the Woman Who Discovered Earth’s Innermost Secret
In this episode of Lost Women of Science Conversations, host Carol Sutton Lewis speaks with science writer Hanne Strager about her biography of Inge Lehmann, the pioneering Danish seismologist who discovered that Earth has a solid inner core.. Largely unknown outside scientific c ... Show More
36m 23s
Mar 19
BONUS: Agnes Pockels and the Kitchen Sink Myth
This bonus episode is a co-production with Distillations, a podcast produced by the Science History Institute.Agnes Pockels did pioneering work in surface science. Her invention, the Pockels Trough, became the basis for an instrument that helped Katherine Burr Blodgett and Irving ... Show More
37m 26s
Mar 12
Layers of Brilliance: Vanishing Act -- Episode Six
How is a legacy preserved, and how is someone forgotten? Determined to make a final name for himself, Irving Langmuir ventures into science that even he might classify as pathological wishful thinking, while Katharine continues her work as the diligent experimenter. But her contr ... Show More
37m 32s
Apr 2025
Unstoppable: Kura Paul-Burke
Dr Julia Ravey and Dr Ella Hubber are both scientists, but it turns out there’s a lot they don’t know about the women that came before them. In Unstoppable, Julia and Ella tell each other the hidden, world-shaping stories of the scientists, engineers and innovators that they wish ... Show More
26m 29s
Jan 2025
Titans of Science: Marc Abrahams
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.Including the news that the US has recorded their first human death from bird flu, and should we be concerned? Plus a new drug to treat drug resistant prostate cancer, and new ... Show More
51m 30s
Jul 2025
Dans le laboratoire de, Maria Telkes
Bienvenue Dans le Laboratoire de, avec ce podcast, tu vas découvrir l’histoire de femmes scientifiques et de leurs recherches au cœur de leur laboratoire. Dans chaque épisode, une scientifique va te présenter ses recherches avec l’un de ses collaborateurs et ça sera à toi de déco ... Show More
10m 14s
Jul 2025
Dans le laboratoire de, Marie Curie
Bienvenue Dans le Laboratoire de, avec ce podcast, tu vas découvrir l’histoire de femmes scientifiques et de leurs recherches au cœur de leur laboratoire. Dans chaque épisode, une scientifique va te présenter ses recherches avec l’un de ses collaborateurs et ça sera à toi de déco ... Show More
8m 34s
Jul 2025
Dans le laboratoire de, Émilie du Châtelet
Bienvenue Dans le Laboratoire de, avec ce podcast, tu vas découvrir l’histoire de femmes scientifiques et de leurs recherches au cœur de leur laboratoire. Dans chaque épisode, une scientifique va te présenter ses recherches avec l’un de ses collaborateurs et ça sera à toi de déco ... Show More
10m 3s
Jun 2024
A Week Of Milestones For Spaceflight | Mexico Has Elected A Scientist President
<h2>A Week Of Milestones For Spaceflight</h2><p>This has been a week of milestones for human spaceflight. After years of delays, Boeing’s Starliner capsule, carrying astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/milestones-in-spacefli ... Show More
21m 31s