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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 9h

10/15/1831 — b. Isabella Bird, English explorer, traveler, mountaineer, naturalist, author, photographer. World traveler, travel writer; noted successful book,“A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains”(1879). The first female fellow of the Royal Geographical Society #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistSci

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Science Careers @sciencecareers.bsky.social · 7h

When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow

Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds. #WomenInSTEM https://bit.ly/4nX042u

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Lorena Fernández Álvarez @loretahur.bsky.social · 5h

Un estudio revela que los modelos de IA modifican su comportamiento ante el riesgo según el género que se les asigna: si se les pide actuar como mujeres, son más cautelosos; si como hombres, asumen más riesgos con confianza (sobre todo DeepSeek y Gemini) decrypt.co/343871/tell-...

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When You Tell AI Models to Act Like Women, Most Become More Risk-Averse: Study - Decrypt

New research shows language models mirror human gender patterns in decision-making, with some AIs dramatically changing their risk tolerance based on whether they're prompted to think as male or femal...

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Mujeres con ciencia @mujeresconciencia.com · 20h

#HaceOchoAños Cómo un videojuego puede ayudarnos a construir mejores ciudades
Una conferencia de la diseñadora Karoliina Korppoo

Cómo un videojuego puede ayudarnos a construir mejores ciudades - Mujeres con ciencia

Videojuego. Karoliina Korppoo. Colossal Order. Cities: Skylines. Construcción de ciudades. Planeamiento urbanístico. Herramienta de diseño.

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Pete Hannah @member389.bsky.social · 1d

One of my standouts as a fellow computer nerd is,
Margaret Hamilton, computer scientist & former director if MIT Instrumentation Lab. Software engineer for the Apollo Space Program. 👩🏻‍🔬🖥️🚀

Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 2d

Ada Lovelace Day has begun! As midnight arrives on Kiritimati Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, our global celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths begins! Join us in celebrating by posting about your fave women in STEM #ALD25!

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 10h

Irene C Peden is an electrical engineer & was the first woman scientist to live and work in the interior of the Antarctic, developing techniques for studying deep glacial ice using radio waves. Cliffs in Antarctica have been named after her. Find out more: adalovelaceday.subst...

Prof Irene C Peden, Electrical engineer

Irene C Peden is an electrical engineer who was the first woman scientist to live and work in the interior of the Antarctic, developing techniques for studying deep glacial ice using radio waves.

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Mujeres con ciencia @mujeresconciencia.com · 8h

Brigham fundó la Home Thrift Association, taller de carpintería para niños (varones; después se abrió también a las niñas) que tenía como objetivo «no solo el ahorro, sino también la conservación del hogar».
https://mujeresconciencia.com/2025/10/15/louise-brigham-como-amueble-todo-mi-piso-con-cajas/

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Lydia Gil @tusocialmedia.bsky.social · 6h

😳 ¿Sabes qué es el “Femigenocidio”? Es la violencia masiva e impersonal contra las mujeres en procesos de exterminio de un pueblo.

Aparecía este año en el informe de Naciones Unidas sobre la violencia a gran escala contra las mujeres palestinas.

✍️ Lo cuentan en @es.theconversation.com.

‘Femigenocidio’ en Gaza: una guerra también contra las mujeres

Las mujeres han sufrido especialmente durante el conflicto en Gaza. La guerra ha tenido un enorme impacto sobre su salud sexual y reproductiva, además de dejar miles de mujeres muertas.

theconversation.com

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 1d

Today for #AdaLovelaceDay, which celebrates the achievements of women in STEM, read about the 10 most influential women in British science history, as chosen by leading female scientists: #WomenInSTEM royalsociety.org/about-us/who...

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 2d

🧪🐡👩🏾‍🔬 sharing #womenInSTEM #histSci for Ada Lovelace Day

#AdaLovelaceDay #ald25

Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 7d

For #spacetober_challenge day 8 prompt propulsion, my portrait of #mathematician, aeronautical #engineer, philanthropist & Cherokee ‘hidden figure’ of the space race: Mary Golda Ross (1908-2008).⁠ 🧪🐡🧮🔭👩🏻‍🔬 #histsci
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Great-great-granddaughter of Chief John Ross, who was forced to lead his people on the

Linocut portrait of Mary Golda Ross looking over her shoulder in a gradient of green (at bottom) to gold (at top) surrounded by vehicles important to her career including P-38 Lighting fighter plane, and Agena rocket, important to Apollo missions in grey.

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Super Bowl Champion Basketball Fan, NEVER of the Sixers @drewhamm5.bsky.social · 1d

Only one woman on this list is exactly why we need more #WomenInSTEM. #ally

Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 2d

If you need a go-to Wikipedia page this is a great one

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

List of inventors killed by their own invention - Wikipedia

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Lorena Fernández Álvarez @loretahur.bsky.social · 1d

El #AdaLovelaceDay se celebra anualmente el 2º martes de octubre para poner en valor el perfil de las mujeres en la ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas ¡Feliz día a todas las #WomenInSTEM de mi timeline! 👩‍🔬👩🏾‍💻👩🏽‍🔬

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Octavio Salazar Benítez @octaviosb.bsky.social · 1d

Qué feliz de estar el próximo lunes con mi querida @margasanchezromero.bsky.social en la Feria del Libro de Córdoba. Hablando de cuerpos con perspectiva "prehistórica" y feminista 👇

Marga Sánchez Romero @margasanchezromero.bsky.social · 1d

El próximo lunes 20 de octubre a las 17:00 horas estaré presentando "Lo que el cuerpo nos cuenta" (Editorial Destino) en la Feria del libro de Córdoba 2025. Y lo haré magníficamente acompañada de mi querido @octaviosb.bsky.social 👇

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Mujeres con ciencia @mujeresconciencia.com · 1d

#HaceUnAño Un #sciku sobre @conchilillo.bsky.social de @lauramorron.bsky.social
#GigantasEnVerso

Conchi Lillo - Mujeres con ciencia

Conchi Lillo. Neurociencia. Ciencia de ojos. Rock and Roll. Retina. Pantallas. Luz del Sol. ¡Abre los ojos!.

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aka_pugs @akapugs.bsky.social · 2d

My favorite woman in STEM was my aunt, Dr. Eleanor Duke. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor...

She took no shit and gave her heart to her family and generations of biology students. #ALD25

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Lorena Fernández Álvarez @loretahur.bsky.social · 1d

Descubriendo gracias a la #bonilista de @davidbonilla.bsky.social a Mabel Addis, primera escritora y diseñadora de videojuegos con The Sumerian Game (el antecesor de todos los juegos de estrategia y construcción de ciudades, de Civilization a SimCity) app.supermo.no/share/1d20f7...

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 1d

Playlist: See data scientist Dr Chanuki Seresinhe, dinosaur researcher Dr Susannah Maidment, engineer Dr Hilary Costello, statistician Prof Emma McCoy, deep sea biologist Dr Diva Amon & science presenter Natasha Simons speak in 2018. www.youtube.com/watc... #ALD25

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 2d

Haleema Alamri is a materials scientist who is developing degradable polymers that can be used as functional, cost-effective and sustainable replacements for traditional plastic materials.
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Dr Haleema Alamri, Materials Scientist

Haleema Alamri is a materials scientist who is searching for sustainable solutions for the environmental problems posed by traditional plastic materials.

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Mujeres con ciencia @mujeresconciencia.com · 2d

#GigantasEnVerso de @lauramorron.bsky.social : Idelisa Bonnelly.
"Niña entre rocas
pregunta al mar su origen,
se vuelve faro".

Idelisa Bonnelly - Mujeres con ciencia

Idelisa Bonnelly. Biología marina. Oceanografía. Conservación marina. Caribe. Sciku.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 2d

Playlist: Watch engineer Abi Hutty, astrophysicist Dr Jen Gupta, nanochemist Dr Suze Kundu, muscian Prof Elaine Chew, cognitive scientist Prof Uta Frith, TV producer Lucy Hacken & ALD founder Suw Charman-Anderson speaking at our 2015 event. www.youtube.com/watc... #ALD25

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admirablewomen.bsky.social @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 9d

#OTD in 2020, Andrea Ghez won the Nobel Prize in Physics for “for the discovery of a supermassive compact object [now generally recognized to be a black hole] at the center of our galaxy.”

Dr. Ghez is an astrophysicist & professor UCLA. #WomenInSTEM

newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/and...

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Lorena Fernández Álvarez @loretahur.bsky.social · 5d

#TalDíaComoHoy en 2018, nos dejaba Raye Jean Montague. Creó el primer programa para el diseño de buques por ordenador. Nixon le pidió que tuviera listo en un mes el boceto de un buque. Lo hizo en 18 horas y 26 minutos.

#WomenInSTEM

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 6d

Astrophysicist Mansi Manoj Kasliwal, whose work has been key to understanding the changing infrared sky, is guiding Palomar Observatory into its next chapter.
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Palomar's First Woman Director Leads Historic Observatory to New Era in Transient Astronomy

Astrophysicist Mansi Manoj Kasliwal, whose work has been key to understanding the changing infrared sky, is guiding Palomar Observatory into its next chapter.

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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 6d

Wishing a happy 76th birthday to mathematician Fan Chung, whose work on Graph Theory Combinatorics gave us startling insights into the fate of massively interconnected systems like the Internet.

tinyurl.com/7yzbja29

#WomenInSTEM #MathSky 🧮

The Billion Roads from Here to There: The Graph Theory Combinatorics of Fan Chung

‘Well, some go this way, some go that way. But as for me, myself, personally, I prefer the short-cut.’ – The Cheshire Cat Every morning we wake to a deafening barrage of choice, decisions that crackle...

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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 7d

Chemist and food scientist Mary Pennington was born 153 years ago today. Her research into food spoilage led to her design of refrigeration cars for trains, and to her key role in WWII as an advisor in food transport methods for the army.

#WomenInSTEM #ChemSky #FoodScience

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