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The argonaut octopus, of the family Argonautidae, belongs to a group of pale pink-spotted octopuses. Unlike the heroes that sailed the Argoin the Greek myth, these octopuses are known for traversing the open ocean by way of a delicate, curved, creamy white vessel—an external casing, often referred to as a “shell,” that gave them their common nickname, the “paper nautilus.”
These creatures baffled naturalists and philosophers for two millennia, even fooling Aristotle, who believed that they used their large pair of webbed dorsal arms as “a sail” to catch the briny breeze and floated across the ocean’s surface like paper boats. These myths carried weight for centuries, even among naturalists in the 19th century.
It wasn’t until the early 1830s when self-taught French naturalist, Jeanne Villepreux-Power began researching the Argonauta argo, or the greater argonaut, that we learned the true origins of their “shells.” Along the way, Villepreux-Power tried new methods for studying sea creatures that gave insights not just into the paper nautilus, but also helped us to better understand other creatures of the sea today. Meet the “mother of aquaria.”
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Shirley Ann Jackson - Drawing by Idoia Asensio
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Rachel Carson - Drawing by Idoia Asensio
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Drawing by Idoia Asensio
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Kimberly Bryant - Drawing by Idoia Asensio
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Cori Bargmann - Drawing by Idoia Asensio
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SuperMariana, la guerrera que venció a Alergia
Emocionada, gracias a No me cuentes cuentos y a Charo Marcos que ideó este bello proyecto, sobre 100 inspiradoras mujeres españolas y que me ha permitido formar parte de él ilustrando este cuento. Un proyecto colectivo liderado por KloshletteryProdigioso Volcán.
Es todo un acierto, ensalzar el papel de la alergóloga Mariana Castells, una de las más brillantes profesionales en esta especialidad a nivel mundial, saber de su trayectoria ha sido enriquecedor para mi. Gracias por hacer del mundo un lugar mejor.
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Zaha Hadid - Drawing by Idoia Asensio
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Rita Levi Montalcini - Drawing by Idoia Asensio
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Ruth Benedict - Drawing by Idoia Asensio
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Helen Brooke Taussig - Drawing by Idoia Asensio
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For Women’s History Month, let’s write women back into science history.
Female scientists have contributed to some of science’s biggest breakthroughs, from unraveling the structure of DNA, to discovering fission, to mapping the ocean floor. So why don’t we know their names? In this archival episode of Science Friday, we’re celebrating science’s unsung heroines. We’ll hear about Maria Sibylla Merian, the 17th century “mother of entomology,” whose watercolors documented insect metamorphosis. We’ll also learn about Marie Tharp, whose maps of the ocean floor paved the way for continental drift theory. Plus, meet the women programmers of the ENIAC, the first all-electronic, multipurpose computer. Learn about more unsung women of science here.
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin -Women Who Changed Science. And The World.
Astronomer and astrophysicist who discovered what the sun was made of by applying ionization theory.
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We are loving LEGO’s new “Research Institute” line of dolls featuring women astronomists, chemists and paleontologists. Read this article in PolicyMic about how the famed toy company came to the realization that they needed to introduce a line of women scientists.
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