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Happy birthday, Hedy Lamarr, actress and #inventor of the spread-spectrum communication tech behind WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS, born #OnThisDay in 1914 https://t.co/2MuFeEoGoS
#HBD, Marie Curie! Her work as a physicist and chemist led to discovery of polonium and radium. She was the first woman to receive a @NobelPrize and also the first person to receive the honor twice. https://t.co/pch65iPTM9 #WomenInSTEM
Going to #NSTA18 National Harbor? We're looking for #educators to participate in a focus group on using primary literature in the #STEM classroom. If this sounds like you, please get in touch! https://t.co/GAtKqQnszC
The Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as Messier 101 (M101), is a grand design spiral galaxy. #DYK only 10% of all known galaxies are this type? What that means: https://t.co/YqeEg0XqMy
#DYK the ornamental gourds you see everywhere this time of year are related to cucumbers and luffa sponges? https://t.co/zPo2q4SAHf #decorativegourdseason
It's #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth! Learn how @AISES is encouraging more Native Americans to pursue #STEM fields, explore how a linguists are preserving endangered languages, and more: https://t.co/Xbo4VGhGMc
Learn about some #spookyscience for #Halloween! Have you heard of the "headless chicken monster" recently sighted near Antarctica? Or the spider that can grow to be up to 11 inches in diameter? Check them out: https://t.co/cS2d8X556k
"Science reporting must include marginalized voices," says documentary film producer Llewellyn Smith. Smith won a 2017 @AAASKavli award for "Poisoned Water," his @NOVAPBS program on the Flint, Mich., water crisis. Join us Thursday for his talk at @HowardU. https://t.co/1fQOTpb1t6
Hello my pretty!
Even nebulas dress up for #Halloween. This one, imaged by @NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), is a wicked witch: https://t.co/gIw2eNCV3H
It’s #Halloween eve, which means it's time for us to share some our spookiest content #fromthearchives! Stay tuned today and tomorrow for a stream of scary science, hair-raising research and frightful physics drawn from the vaults of @EurekAlert!