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Eunice Newton Foote: The woman who discovered the greenhouse effect

In research presented in 1856, Eunice Newton Foote described how tubes of gas heated when exposed to sunlight, but the significance of her work was not appreciated

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Claims that girls have a 'natural' aversion to physics are harmful

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Claims that girls have a 'natural' aversion to physics are harmful

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Suffrage Science podcast salutes the achievements of female scientists

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Suffrage Science podcast salutes the achievements of female scientists

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Don’t Miss: Sci-fi writer Adrian Tchaikovsky returns with Bear Head

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Don’t Miss: Sci-fi writer Adrian Tchaikovsky returns with Bear Head

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Wally Funk and Mercury 13

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Wally Funk and the future of female astronauts

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Seasonal gift ideas for lovers of terrific science reads and top films

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Jon Spooner (left) meets Apollo astronaut Al Worden in the Space Shed

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Don't miss: Missing women, metallic mysteries and a classic dystopia

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NASA cancels first all-women spacewalk due to spacesuit size issue

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NASA cancels first all-women spacewalk due to spacesuit size issue

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Cheer the first women-only spacewalk, but equality is still far away

The first women-only spacewalk is a cause for celebration, but we are still a long way from achieving equality in our space programmes

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Quiz: Do you know these great women of science?

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Don't believe women in science face huge inequality? Here's the proof

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Physics

Women in physics: Why there's a problem and how we can solve it

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Why Dorothy Hodgkin should be pictured on the UK’s new £50 note

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