"Do you believe in science in a young girl's mind..."

Very good song, produced at professional level, lyrics by Steven Brust (as well as percussion, production, and post). The video (YouTube 2:16) shows some wonders, like dives into the Mandelbrot set, and many shots of girls and women doing science in various ways.

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Edit: I made an icon from 1:37-1: ( Read more... )

JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Meet the first openly transgender teen elected to the board of USY
By Josefin Dolsten    February 6, 2018 12:04pm


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From the website of AnneeLondon, an interesting new bicycle helmet company in Philadelphia. Their pitch is "Be safe without being unfashionable", and their helmets are - get this - collapsible, so you can carry them easily.

WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THE NAME?


Well, we are really glad you asked. Annie Londonderry Cohen was the first woman to ride around ( Read more... )

From Huffpost
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Dozens Of Texas Businesses Tell Governor To Ditch ‘Bathroom Bill’
Discriminating against the transgender community is simply bad for business, they say.

More than 50 Houston-based businesses, including many big oil and gas companies, on Monday joined several other business groups in urging Texas Gov ( Read more... )

From CNN:
The 2 senators with late-stage cancer who voted to save Obamacare

Sen. John McCain was the focus of much media attention this week when he dramatically returned to Washington following recent brain surgery and cast the decisive vote scuttling GOP efforts to pass a health care plan early Friday morning.

But he wasn't the only senator ( Read more... )

From Quartz

Hidden Figures will become Lego figures to teach little girls everywhere that NASA would be nothing without women

Forget Lego Batman. The best new minifigures of 2017 are female NASA heroes.

On Tuesday (Feb. 28), Lego announced it would soon release a set of minifigures of five pioneering female scientists whose contribution to NASA has ( Read more... )