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NY Times on free speech in Spain, here.

Pikin and Appolinaire

"Pikin, a lowland gorilla, had been captured and was going to be sold for bushmeat but was rescued by Ape Action Africa."

Wildlife photographer of the year people's choice winner 2018

 

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11th February

International Day of Women and Girls in Science
11 February

Read more here.

And, from a previous post in blaspyjamas:

Margaret Hamilton, lead software engineer, Project Apollo

"This is a great photo I just ran across on the internets. It said it was “Margaret Hamilton, Apollo program”, but it didn’t say who Margaret Hamilton was.

Margaret Hamilton was the lead software engineer for Project Apollo."

"In the photo above, she is standing in front of the printouts of the code for the Apollo guidance system (1969)."

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Ever heard of Alan Turing and Bletchley Park?

"The Bletchley Park codebreaking operation during World War 2 was made up of nearly 10,000 people (about 75% of this number was women). However, there are very few women of that are formally recognised as cryptanalysts working at the same level as their male peers."

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Turing's letter to W. Churchill in 1941.

Hedy Lamarr,  Grace Murray Hopper and so many more...

Hedy Lamarr, shown in this studio publicity still for the 1938 movie "Algiers," developed wireless technology still in use today.

WOTY 2017

The Collins Word of the Year 2017 is...

 

 ... not surprisingly. Read more.


And these have been some runners-up:

 

 

See the full list here.