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At a time when few women could obtain a higher education and even fewer entered the scientific professions, two exceptional women made groundbreaking discoveries in physics: Marie Curie in radioactivity and Lise Meitner in nuclear physics.

Ignore the fact I didn’t post it on time: November 7 marks both of their birthdays.

The process of nuclear fission was a huge discovery for the scientific world, and not everyone knows Lise Meitner was the first to hypothesize it. She was part of the team with Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann that worked on “transuranium-elements” which led to the radiochemical discovery of the nuclear fission of uranium and thorium. In 1938, Meitner was forced to flee Nazi Germany and the men continued to work on their experiments with Uranium while Meitner wrote to and guided them from Sweden. Hahn and Strassmann went on to win a Nobel Prize for their discovery in 1944 with no mention of Meitner, which was later claimed to be a “mistake” by the Prize committee. While she didn’t receive the Nobel Prize or formal recognition for her discoveries, Meitner did have element number 109,  meitnerium, named after her.

Marie Curie opened up the science of radioactivity and coined the term itself. Her achievements also include techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and the discovery of two elements, polonium and radium. She founded the Curie Institutes in Paris and in Warsaw, which remain major centres of medical research today. Her work not only influenced the development of fundamental science but also ushered in a new era in medical research and treatment. Curie became the the first person and only woman to win twice a Nobel Prize.

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At a time when few women could obtain a higher education and even fewer entered the scientific professions, two exceptional women made groundbreaking discoveries in physics: Marie Curie in radioactivity and Lise Meitner in nuclear physics.

Ignore the fact I didn’t post it on time: November 7 marks both of their birthdays.

The process of nuclear fission was a huge discovery for the scientific world, and not everyone knows Lise Meitner was the first to hypothesize it. She was part of the team with Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann that worked on “transuranium-elements” which led to the radiochemical discovery of the nuclear fission of uranium and thorium. In 1938, Meitner was forced to flee Nazi Germany and the men continued to work on their experiments with Uranium while Meitner wrote to and guided them from Sweden. Hahn and Strassmann went on to win a Nobel Prize for their discovery in 1944 with no mention of Meitner, which was later claimed to be a “mistake” by the Prize committee. While she didn’t receive the Nobel Prize or formal recognition for her discoveries, Meitner did have element number 109,  meitnerium, named after her.

Marie Curie opened up the science of radioactivity and coined the term itself. Her achievements also include techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and the discovery of two elements, polonium and radium. She founded the Curie Institutes in Paris and in Warsaw, which remain major centres of medical research today. Her work not only influenced the development of fundamental science but also ushered in a new era in medical research and treatment. Curie became the the first person and only woman to win twice a Nobel Prize.

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Okay, new rule: if you regularly consume the blood and flesh of a demigod in a room full of chanting elders you’re not allowed to call other religions primitive and evil

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“I’ve made a terrible mistake” (Source: http://ift.tt/2fDSSIL)

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“I’ve made a terrible mistake” (Source: http://ift.tt/2fDSSIL)

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Supergirl + truth bombs

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Supergirl + truth bombs

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i started writing original fiction because of a comment i got on a house md fic i wrote when i was 12 years old. someone said “this is out of character, house and wilson would never act like this.” so i thought, “if i make my own characters, no one can ever tell me they’re out of character, because i decide,” and i started planning my first novel. now i’m 23 and i’ve written 4 novel-length works, i have a degree in publishing and i work at a literary magazine, largely because someone insulted my house fanfiction. follow your dreams.

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i started writing original fiction because of a comment i got on a house md fic i wrote when i was 12 years old. someone said “this is out of character, house and wilson would never act like this.” so i thought, “if i make my own characters, no one can ever tell me they’re out of character, because i decide,” and i started planning my first novel. now i’m 23 and i’ve written 4 novel-length works, i have a degree in publishing and i work at a literary magazine, largely because someone insulted my house fanfiction. follow your dreams.

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straight people: * make every movie straight and assume their infant children are already straight*

lgbt couple: indirectly look at each other in public

straight people: thats it. ive had it. im not homophobic but this is too much. its all in my face and i cannot do this. my heterosexual eyes are throbbing-

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straight people: * make every movie straight and assume their infant children are already straight*

lgbt couple: indirectly look at each other in public

straight people: thats it. ive had it. im not homophobic but this is too much. its all in my face and i cannot do this. my heterosexual eyes are throbbing-

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President Obama, aka the Dad Joke POTUS, just released the most glorious seven minutes of bad Thanksgiving puns you’ve ever heard

President Obama explained that after last year, his daughters decided they couldn’t put up with his dad jokes, so he was joined at the pardon by his adorable two nephews! President Obama is clearly letting his full nerd hang out now. (Yes he cran!) The full video of jokes is truly worth the click.

Gifs: whitehouse.gov

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President Obama, aka the Dad Joke POTUS, just released the most glorious seven minutes of bad Thanksgiving puns you’ve ever heard

President Obama explained that after last year, his daughters decided they couldn’t put up with his dad jokes, so he was joined at the pardon by his adorable two nephews! President Obama is clearly letting his full nerd hang out now. (Yes he cran!) The full video of jokes is truly worth the click.

Gifs: whitehouse.gov

WATCH THE VIDEO

FOLLOW REFINERY29

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This isn’t alarmist. An entire field of study was just shut down with no debate. And there’s a gag-order for staffers.

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You wake up one day with the ability to freeze time at will for as long as you want with no repercussions. What’s the first thing you do with your newfound powers?