Biographer Brenda Maddox called her the "Dark Lady of DNA," based on a once disparaging ... Indeed, Franklin is in the shadows of science history, for while her work on DNA was crucial to the ...

"We wanted to name this genus for Lady Gaga because of her fervent defense of equality and individual expression," said Duke biologist Kathleen Pryer told Wired Science. "And as we started to consider ...

China has named a crater on the far side of the moon after the pioneering Chinese-American scientist Chien-Shiung Wu. Wu was known as the “first lady of physics” for her work on nuclear and ...