The Duchess of Science

01/09/2020

On the first of each month we change our picture to honour a historic superstar.

Irène Joliot-Curie, Nobel prize-winning chemist and prominent anti-fascist, we salute you!

01/08/2020

Usually, on the first of the month I change my picture to honour a scientist from an underrepresented group. This month rather than a researcher I chose Henrietta Lacks. If you have ever worked with HeLa cells, benefitted from vaccines or any other advances that her cells led to, it is your duty to know her story🙏🏽

16/07/2020

New episode online!

I'm joined by the lovely Dr. Petra Boynton to chat about the challenges facing women in STEM during lockdown and how to be a better ally to the movement🙏🏽

I'm joined by Dr.Petra Boynton, professional agony aunt, social psychologist and author of The Research Companion to chat about undergraduate lies, rising gender inequalities under lockdown and what w

01/07/2020

As it is the first of the month we change our profile picture to honour another superstar of STEM. This month we salute Mary Jackson, mathematician and first Black female engineer at NASA 🙌

27/06/2020

This Pride day it is important to remember that while it is wonderful to celebrate the progress made, until everyone in the LGBTQ community, in every country, has equal rights, it should remain a protest!

Happy Pride Day Every Body! And while you’re dancing let’s honour our trans and BPOC buddies who were fighting for us from the early beginning. So much respect to Marsha P. Johnson and everybody who stood by her side at Stonewall in 1969 ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤

26/06/2020

25/06/2020

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Mary Winston Jackson broke down racial and gender barriers to become the first black female engineer at NASA. Now, 15 years after her passing, the space ag

25/06/2020

Researchers and academics around the world are in the crosshairs of an assault on the worth of the scientific method. Here’s how to stand up for science.

20/06/2020

01/06/2020

As it is the 1st of the month we are changing our picture to honour another woman in STEM that you should know. Born in 1941 in India Darshan Ranganathan was a chemist best known for her pioneering work on protein structures

02/05/2020

For my next episode, I will be joined by social psychologist and experienced agony aunt, Dr. Petra Boynton. She will be answering your anonymous questions on anything related to how to survive and thrive in . Please send them to [email protected]🙏🏽

You have spent three years thinking your life will be perfect after you submit your thesis. But it isn’t true, says Petra Boynton

01/04/2020

It's the start of , so it seems a good time to say my neurodiversity episode with Professor Sara Rankin from Imperial College, London is now available on Apple podcasts. She gives wonderful advice on how to thrive in STEM for anyone with ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia and, of course, autism. I recommend it to anyone who would like to support the neurodiverse people in their lives!

‎Show The duchessofscience's Podcast, Ep Neurodiversity with Prof. Sara Rankin - 31 Mar 2020

01/04/2020

For April we are honouring another STEMinist you should know, the wonderful, Sophie Germain. Born on this day in 1776 she was a French mathematician and physicist best known for her work on elasticity theory and Fermat's Last Theorem 🙌🏽

31/03/2020

31/03/2020

For anyone who is unsure that social distancing is the right way to go...

https://xkcd.com/2287/

29/03/2020

Make like instagr.am/caitlin.hare and take our NEW The Fawcett Society - Official Change the Universe Planet Brooch for a spin: 💖🪐✨ http://ow.ly/8pgb50yW9Br

12/03/2020

05/03/2020

Champion equality with our third charitable collection in partnership with The Fawcett Society - Official! 🏆⚡ Discover 14 powerful NEW designs with £3 per piece sold donated to support the society in their vital work: 💜💪 http://ow.ly/bqMv50yCWzE

03/03/2020

COLD SPRING HARBOR, NY—Recoiling in disgust while recalling the upsetting incident, a eukaryotic cell confirmed Monday that it had been severely traumatized upon accidentally witnessing its parent cell divide and replicate itself through a process of mitosis. “God, it was so gross—all the orga...

22/01/2020

22/01/2020

19/01/2020

"over 30% of PhD students develop a psychiatric condition. This is a higher rate than for people working in defence and emergency services, which is about 22%."

A graduate degree is not worth sacrificing your mental health for and this is my main motivation for starting my podcast. If you have friends who are struggling in STEM please share🙏

What did I find when I joined a university? Poor mental health, huge workloads, ego-driven professors and rampant plagiarism

01/01/2020

01/01/2020

As it is the first of the month we are changing our profile picture to honour another superstar of STEM. Born in 1876, Harriet Brooks was Canada's first nuclear physicist🙌

20/12/2019

Our first episode is finally online! many thanks to all the lovely ladies who helped out with this🙏❤️

I'm joined by Dr. Cathy Abbott, professor of molecular genetics at the University of Edinburgh, to answer questions on how to deal with or change your PhD. supervisor as well as potentially pregnant P

01/12/2019

Each month we honour a different superstar of STEM. This month we have mathematician, computer scientist and US Navy officer... Rear Admiral Grace Hopper we salute you!