When women rarely went to high school, Nettie Maria Stevens (1861-1912) wanted to be a research scientist. We don’t know a lot about her personal life, but she became a biologist. And though she received little credit for it during her lifetime, she was the first to discover the sex chromosomes. The Incubator (courtesy of…… Continue reading The First to Discover the Sex Chromosomes
Category: Science Fact
Blog posts by author Lynette M. Burrows with topics of the sciences, scientific method, and science research.
Organ Farms In Space
Space. The Final Frontier. Not a human friendly environment. Star Trek voyagers didn’t have to worry about injuries in space. They had a miraculous medical lab. We may not have that medical lab yet, but we’re getting there. The experiments may be small today, but someday we may have organ farms in space. Yes, we’ve…… Continue reading Organ Farms In Space
Hope of a Cure for Sickle Cell
A year after gene-editing, a woman with severe sickle cell disease feels great. This success signals hope of a cure for Sickle Cell disease.
It’s Not Just the Oceans that Need a Cleanup
Garbage. It’s a familiar, man-made problem. On land and in the oceans. But it’s not just the land and the oceans that need a cleanup. Garbage is an orbital problem. NASA Image of the Day for September 12, 2009 A Growing Problem Accompanying the September 12, 2009 NASA Image of the Day (above) was a…… Continue reading It’s Not Just the Oceans that Need a Cleanup
Would You Like to be a Space Tourist?
There is getting away from it all and soon there will be opportunities for getting 240 miles above it all. That’s right. Soon you can be a space tourist. The First Orbital Vacation SpaceX says tourists will ride its rockets late this year or early next. SpaceX is the corporation behind the first successful commercial…… Continue reading Would You Like to be a Space Tourist?