Ada Lovelace Day
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International celebration of women in science, tech, engineering & maths. Join us on Tues 8 Oct at the Royal Institution!
Tasneem Zehra Husain is a theoretical physicist, science writer, educator and the first Pakistani woman to earn a PhD in string theory. She also works to make theoretical physics more accessible.
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Dr Tasneem Zehra Husain, Physicist
Tasneem Zehra Husain is a theoretical physicist, science writer, educator and the first Pakistani woman to earn a PhD in string theory.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Tasneem Zehra Husain is a theoretical physicist, science writer, educator and the first Pakistani woman to earn a PhD in string theory. She also works to make theoretical physics more accessible.
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Beatrice Shilling #WWII invented device to counter engine cut-out by restricting fuel flow to carburettor preventing #Hurricane & #Spitfire engine stall. Helped win #BattleofBritain @wes1919.bsky.social memb, early electrical engineering apprentice d #OTD 18 Nov 1990 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatric...
November 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Beatrice Shilling #WWII invented device to counter engine cut-out by restricting fuel flow to carburettor preventing #Hurricane & #Spitfire engine stall. Helped win #BattleofBritain @wes1919.bsky.social memb, early electrical engineering apprentice d #OTD 18 Nov 1990 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatric...
Asima Chatterjee was a pioneering organic chemist and India's first female scientist to be awarded a doctor of science degree. She helped develop drugs to treat epilepsy and malaria based on biologically active compounds in plants.
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Prof Asima Chatterjee, Chemist
Asima Chatterjee was a pioneering organic chemist and India's first female scientist to be awarded a doctor of science degree. She helped develop drugs to treat epilepsy and malaria.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Asima Chatterjee was a pioneering organic chemist and India's first female scientist to be awarded a doctor of science degree. She helped develop drugs to treat epilepsy and malaria based on biologically active compounds in plants.
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Have you ever heard of Betty Webster? I hadn't until recently, and she co-discovered the first black hole ever found! Here's her story, to honor her memory and fantastic accomplishment.
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The woman who discovered the first black hole
Betty Webster is a name to remember. Also: more rogue binary jovians
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November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Have you ever heard of Betty Webster? I hadn't until recently, and she co-discovered the first black hole ever found! Here's her story, to honor her memory and fantastic accomplishment.
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Bright Media are making a documentary celebrating "three remarkable women Ada Lovelace, Agnes Pockels and Elisaveta Karamihaylova who defied the barriers of their time to change science and history" and they need your help. Support them here: www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
Her Impact by Bright Media - Indiegogo
A documentary film celebrating women who followed their calling when the world said no.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Bright Media are making a documentary celebrating "three remarkable women Ada Lovelace, Agnes Pockels and Elisaveta Karamihaylova who defied the barriers of their time to change science and history" and they need your help. Support them here: www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
Today's newsletter, with updates about the parliamentary debate on ALD and women in STEM, as well as news about our sister project, the eco-comedy podcast, Fieldwork. adalovelaceday.substack.com/p/ald-news-a...
ALD news: ALD and women in STEM debated in Parliament
Plus news from our sister project, the Fieldwork eco-comedy podcast
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November 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Today's newsletter, with updates about the parliamentary debate on ALD and women in STEM, as well as news about our sister project, the eco-comedy podcast, Fieldwork. adalovelaceday.substack.com/p/ald-news-a...
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Have you ever tracked, in photos, the retrograde movement of a planet? 🔭
Or perhaps you're planning to capture the retrograde motion of Mercury and Jupiter this month? (1/2)
Or perhaps you're planning to capture the retrograde motion of Mercury and Jupiter this month? (1/2)
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Have you ever tracked, in photos, the retrograde movement of a planet? 🔭
Or perhaps you're planning to capture the retrograde motion of Mercury and Jupiter this month? (1/2)
Or perhaps you're planning to capture the retrograde motion of Mercury and Jupiter this month? (1/2)
Update on our scheduled posts situation – turns out that I'm gonna have to rewrite most of them, as there's a discrepancy between how Bluesky counts characters here on the web vs via their API, which is very annoying. So it might seem a bit quiet here for a while. ALD is now basically a hobby...
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Update on our scheduled posts situation – turns out that I'm gonna have to rewrite most of them, as there's a discrepancy between how Bluesky counts characters here on the web vs via their API, which is very annoying. So it might seem a bit quiet here for a while. ALD is now basically a hobby...
I've had to pause all the scheduled posts for now, because SocialChamp keeps breaking all the links. Sorry about that.
Meanwhile, to the women in STEM following us, if we were to totally rethink Ada Lovelace Day and how we support you, what services would you most like to see us provide? 1/2
Meanwhile, to the women in STEM following us, if we were to totally rethink Ada Lovelace Day and how we support you, what services would you most like to see us provide? 1/2
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I've had to pause all the scheduled posts for now, because SocialChamp keeps breaking all the links. Sorry about that.
Meanwhile, to the women in STEM following us, if we were to totally rethink Ada Lovelace Day and how we support you, what services would you most like to see us provide? 1/2
Meanwhile, to the women in STEM following us, if we were to totally rethink Ada Lovelace Day and how we support you, what services would you most like to see us provide? 1/2
Hao Yichun was a pioneer in the fields of stratigraphy, micropaleontology and paleoceanography. She co-authored Paleontology, China’s first textbook on the subject, and deepened understanding of foraminifera, single-celled organisms found in seawater.
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Prof Hao Yichun, Palaeontologist
Hao Yichun was a Chinese geologist who was a pioneer in the fields of stratigraphy, micropaleontology and paleoceanography, and a co-author of China’s first palaeontology textbooks.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Hao Yichun was a pioneer in the fields of stratigraphy, micropaleontology and paleoceanography. She co-authored Paleontology, China’s first textbook on the subject, and deepened understanding of foraminifera, single-celled organisms found in seawater.
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Tsai-Fan Yu was a renowned Chinese-American medical doctor whose pioneering research helped make gout a curable disease, linked gout to hypertension and diabetes, and established one of the first systematised lab tests for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Tsai-Fan Yu, Physician and Researcher
Tsai-Fan Yu was a renowned Chinese-American medical doctor whose pioneering research helped make gout a curable disease.
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November 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Tsai-Fan Yu was a renowned Chinese-American medical doctor whose pioneering research helped make gout a curable disease, linked gout to hypertension and diabetes, and established one of the first systematised lab tests for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis. adalovelaceday.subst...
Lina Stern, a biochemist and neurophysiologist, was one of the first researchers to identify what is now known as the blood-brain barrier, and conducted pioneering research on the central nervous system. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Lina Stern, Neurophysiologist and Biochemist
A world-renowned scientist during her lifetime, Lina Stern was one of the first researchers to identify what is now known as the blood-brain barrier.
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November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Lina Stern, a biochemist and neurophysiologist, was one of the first researchers to identify what is now known as the blood-brain barrier, and conducted pioneering research on the central nervous system. adalovelaceday.subst...
Lin Lanying was an engineer and physicist who developed semiconductor and aerospace materials, particularly monocrystalline silicon, a key semiconductor used as a component in virtually all modern electronic equipment.
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Dr Lin Lanying, Materials Engineer
Dr Lin Lanying was an engineer and physicist who contributed to the development of semiconductor and aerospace materials, particularly silicon.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Lin Lanying was an engineer and physicist who developed semiconductor and aerospace materials, particularly monocrystalline silicon, a key semiconductor used as a component in virtually all modern electronic equipment.
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Michiyo Tsujimura was an agricultural scientist, biochemist and the first woman to earn a doctoral degree in agriculture in Japan. She discovered that green tea contains vitamin C and is credited with helping to popularise the drink internationally. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Michiyo Tsujimura, Agricultural Scientist and Biochemist
Prof Michiyo Tsujimura was an agricultural scientist, biochemist and educator, and the first woman to earn a doctoral degree in agriculture in Japan.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Michiyo Tsujimura was an agricultural scientist, biochemist and the first woman to earn a doctoral degree in agriculture in Japan. She discovered that green tea contains vitamin C and is credited with helping to popularise the drink internationally. adalovelaceday.subst...
Helen Quinn, a particle physicist and educator, co-developed a theory to explain why the symmetry between matter and antimatter breaks in weak interactions, which drive nuclear decay, but not in strong interactions, which hold matter together.
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Prof Helen Quinn, Particle Physicist and Science Educator
Prof Helen Quinn is professor emerita of particle physics and astrophysics at Stanford University and has made momentous contributions to theoretical physics.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Helen Quinn, a particle physicist and educator, co-developed a theory to explain why the symmetry between matter and antimatter breaks in weak interactions, which drive nuclear decay, but not in strong interactions, which hold matter together.
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Susan Krumdieck is a mechanical and energy systems engineer. She co-founded the transition engineering movement, which develops innovative methods and technologies to help the world adapt to rapidly reduced fossil fuel production and consumption.
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Prof Susan Krumdieck, Mechanical and energy systems engineer
Susan Pran Krumdieck is a mechanical and energy systems engineer, academic and international expert in energy transition research.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Susan Krumdieck is a mechanical and energy systems engineer. She co-founded the transition engineering movement, which develops innovative methods and technologies to help the world adapt to rapidly reduced fossil fuel production and consumption.
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Leone Norwood Farrell invented the Toronto Method for large-scale vaccine production, making childhood immunisation programmes more affordable and facilitating the mass production of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine in the 1950s.
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Dr Leone Norwood Farrell, Biochemist & microbiologist
Leone Norwood Farrell was a Canadian biochemist and microbiologist whose inventions enabled the large-scale production of the polio vaccine in the 1950s.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Leone Norwood Farrell invented the Toronto Method for large-scale vaccine production, making childhood immunisation programmes more affordable and facilitating the mass production of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine in the 1950s.
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As one of NASA’s first African-American employees, Annie Easley helped develop software for the Centaur rocket stage, which enabled several landmark spaceflights in the later 20th century. She also helped develop early battery powered vehicles.
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Annie Easley, Computer scientist, mathematician and rocket scientist
As one of NASA’s first African-American employees, Annie Easley helped develop software for the Centaur rocket stage, which enabled several landmark spaceflights in the later 20th century.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
As one of NASA’s first African-American employees, Annie Easley helped develop software for the Centaur rocket stage, which enabled several landmark spaceflights in the later 20th century. She also helped develop early battery powered vehicles.
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Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi was a marine biologist who pioneered the study of marine sciences in the Dominican Republic. She dedicated her career to protecting ocean biodiversity and created one of the first sanctuaries for humpback whales.
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Prof Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi, Marine biologist
Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi was a marine biologist who pioneered the study of marine sciences in the Dominican Republic and created one of the first sanctuaries for humpback whales.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi was a marine biologist who pioneered the study of marine sciences in the Dominican Republic. She dedicated her career to protecting ocean biodiversity and created one of the first sanctuaries for humpback whales.
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Valeria Correa Vaz de Paiva is a Brazilian mathematician, logician, computer scientist and computational linguist who introduced new ways to model linear logic in advanced programming languages. adalovelaceday.subst...
Dr Valeria de Paiva, Mathematician and computer scientist
Valeria Correa Vaz de Paiva is a Brazilian mathematician, logician, computer scientist and computational linguist.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Valeria Correa Vaz de Paiva is a Brazilian mathematician, logician, computer scientist and computational linguist who introduced new ways to model linear logic in advanced programming languages. adalovelaceday.subst...
Isabella Aiona Abbott was the first Native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in science and a leading expert on Pacific marine algae. She discovered over 200 seaweed species and her work is still influential today. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Isabella Aiona Abbott, Phycologist and ethnobotanist
Isabella Aiona Abbott was the first Native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in science and a leading expert on Pacific marine algae.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Isabella Aiona Abbott was the first Native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in science and a leading expert on Pacific marine algae. She discovered over 200 seaweed species and her work is still influential today. adalovelaceday.subst...
Frances Wagner was one of the first women to carry out field research for the Geological Survey of Canada and became a distinguished expert in the use of micropaleontology to study marine geology. adalovelaceday.subst...
Dr Frances Wagner, Palaeontologist
Frances Wagner was one of the first women to carry out field research for the Geological Survey of Canada and became a distinguished expert in the use of micropaleontology to study marine geology.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Frances Wagner was one of the first women to carry out field research for the Geological Survey of Canada and became a distinguished expert in the use of micropaleontology to study marine geology. adalovelaceday.subst...
Nadine Caron is the first Canadian female general endocrine surgeon and graduate of medicine from British Columbia University who is of First Nations descent (Ojibway). She advocates for improved public health for First Nations communities. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Nadine Caron, General and endocrine surgeon
Nadine Caron is the first Canadian female general endocrine surgeon and graduate of medicine from British Columbia University who is of First Nations descent (Ojibway).
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October 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Nadine Caron is the first Canadian female general endocrine surgeon and graduate of medicine from British Columbia University who is of First Nations descent (Ojibway). She advocates for improved public health for First Nations communities. adalovelaceday.subst...
Jewel Plummer Cobb discovered how skin cells produce melanin and how they become cancerous. She also discovered that methotrexate was an effective treatment for some skin and lung cancers and childhood leukaemia. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Jewel Plummer Cobb, Cell biologist and cancer researcher
Jewel Plummer Cobb discovered how skin cells produce melanin and how they become cancerous.
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October 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Jewel Plummer Cobb discovered how skin cells produce melanin and how they become cancerous. She also discovered that methotrexate was an effective treatment for some skin and lung cancers and childhood leukaemia. adalovelaceday.subst...
Marie Maynard Daly co-discovered the link between high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and the clogged arteries that can cause heart disease and strokes. She also investigated the damage that cigarettes have on the heart and lung circulatory systems. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Marie Maynard Daly, Biochemist
Marie Maynard Daly was a biochemist who co-discovered the link between high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and the clogged arteries that can cause heart disease and strokes.
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October 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Marie Maynard Daly co-discovered the link between high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and the clogged arteries that can cause heart disease and strokes. She also investigated the damage that cigarettes have on the heart and lung circulatory systems. adalovelaceday.subst...