Elsabe Brits
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Science and medical journalist|Freelance.🇿🇦
Researcher, consultant at The Story of Emily Museum in Cornwall | Biographer of Emily Hobhouse.
https://thestoryofemily.com/stories-of-emily
Researcher, consultant at The Story of Emily Museum in Cornwall | Biographer of Emily Hobhouse.
https://thestoryofemily.com/stories-of-emily
If she lived she clearly deserved to receiveit, but would she? I doubt it, the 3 men would still have. They called her "Rosy" instead of doctor, oh the examples are numerous of what she had to endure.
November 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
If she lived she clearly deserved to receiveit, but would she? I doubt it, the 3 men would still have. They called her "Rosy" instead of doctor, oh the examples are numerous of what she had to endure.
She deserved it, but 3 men? And only can win, I doubt it.
November 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
She deserved it, but 3 men? And only can win, I doubt it.
Would they have received it, if it was not for her groundbreaking work? Would she received it if she had lived. I doubt it, there can only be 3 winners.
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Would they have received it, if it was not for her groundbreaking work? Would she received it if she had lived. I doubt it, there can only be 3 winners.
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Additional context on Rosalind Franklin - www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Her name should be acknowledged with the same prominence as Crick & Watson.
Her name should be acknowledged with the same prominence as Crick & Watson.
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Additional context on Rosalind Franklin - www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Her name should be acknowledged with the same prominence as Crick & Watson.
Her name should be acknowledged with the same prominence as Crick & Watson.
Would they have won without Franklin's groundbreaking work?
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Would they have won without Franklin's groundbreaking work?
Again some are saying the Nobel prize is not given posthumously. That old argument, so tired of that re Franklin, would the 3 men have won if not for her work to begin with?
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Again some are saying the Nobel prize is not given posthumously. That old argument, so tired of that re Franklin, would the 3 men have won if not for her work to begin with?
Today we have a Museum dedicated to her: The Story of Emily in Cornwall. Have a look at our website and Instagram.
July 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Today we have a Museum dedicated to her: The Story of Emily in Cornwall. Have a look at our website and Instagram.
True, a new Lancet study also shows how Africa lost years in childhood vaccination, and not so much due to antivaxx but access.
June 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
True, a new Lancet study also shows how Africa lost years in childhood vaccination, and not so much due to antivaxx but access.
That will be pretty fast traveling to cover 133 light years by 2026....
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May 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
That will be pretty fast traveling to cover 133 light years by 2026....
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A lot of excellent research is being done in South Africa, along with other African countries about Sickle Cell Disease.
April 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A lot of excellent research is being done in South Africa, along with other African countries about Sickle Cell Disease.
It was so well written, as always.
April 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It was so well written, as always.