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more about #nobelprize georgespenser000001002: You know, Cimorene, not having kids is fucking awesome too. And childless women can understand the sexism and be happy for kids at awards. But does th... more » Cimorene: The fact that she had her kids with her in that picture is awesome, but it's even more fucking bad ass awesome that she mentioned it in terms of femin... more » acookieaday: ah, I love the random science photo from the news media. Fancy production crew walks into lab: Hold up a beaker... It doesn't matter if you haven'... more » pesematology: She also became the first person ever to receive the Nobel prize for tie-dye. more » HaarzyLady: I love that she's a total hippie. Go, Elinor! And Go IU!! more » LovelyHue: I absolutely love the part where she's about to devote the proceeds to research and grad students. I guess it's not that surprising considering what ... more » laetitiae: That she "does not plan to keep her half for herself, explaining she intends to devote the proceeds to supporting research and funding graduate studen... more » LovelyHue: Okay, yeah, that's cool, but let's get to the real point of interest with any woman - her clothes. Do you think tye dye will become the new trend for... more » theKP: Suck on that Larry Summers. more » Pax: Counting the three women from this year, there have been only 15 female science laureates (though thanks to the awesomeness of Marie Curie, they hold ... more » sequined: This might be my only opportunity to trot out my fun Nobel-related fact, so here you are: the city of Condon, Oregon has the highest proportion of Nob... more » YourScreenplaySucks: Yonath is the first woman in about 45 years to win the Chemistry Nobel. It's interesting to me how pre-1970, every female Nobel winner in the hard sci... more » JessickerFletcher: I looked up the four after hearing the good news and Herta Muller (w/ umlauts) particularly struck me. I'm hoping that the prize will result in some E... more » HuckleberryFriend: How embarrassed am I that I know nothing about these women. To Wikipedia! more » Eldritch: Yay, her! I'm always so pysched to see women win scientific prizes. I really feel like I missed out on science. I had a learning disability that was... more » BoonsFarmersDaughter: Sexyface madness officially ended! more » badmutha: Hooray! Now who was it that said females were no good at science? more » Lin-Z [linguist on duty]: Thanks for mixing some different types of people into the snap judgements. I am enjoying them! more » SunburnedCounsel: I would have done anything to be at that meeting. Four of my personal heroes, all in one place. more » Glitterberries: So the rumours that she fabricated part of her stories aren't true? Not being snarky. I'd heard that she falsified some of the stories, I'd be very g... more » -
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"Record" Year For Women Says More About Sexism Than Advances
When Nobel prize winner Dr. Carol W. Greider first made her breakthrough discovery in 1984, she put on Springsteen and "danced and danced and danced." But she's serious right now, especially about the issue of sexism in science. More » -
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American Woman First To Win Nobel In Economics
The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded this morning to two American academics, one of whom, Elinor Ostrom, is the first female to win the award out of the sixty-two individuals who have received the prize previously. More » -
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Female Nobel Winners Set New Record
Four women — Herta Mueller for Literature, Ada Yonath for Chemistry, and Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol Greider for Medicine — have received Nobel Prizes this year, a new record. Of more than 800 Nobel winners, 39 have been women. [Independent] -
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Words Of Wisdom
"At 100, I have a mind that is superior – thanks to experience – than when I was 20" — Rita Montalcini, neurologist and Nobel Prize winner in medicine [AP, via World of Wonder] -
