⚗️ Meet Dawn Shaughnessy, Fellow and radiochemist who searches for superheavy elements. She discovered the elements w/ atomic numbers 114 - 118 and named 116 Livermorium 😄. New page:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Shau #womeninSTEM x #RealTimeChem
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Just so we’re all clear, Shaugnessy’s elements ALL had incredibly comprehensive Wikipedia pages before she did. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flerovium, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscovium, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livermori, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessine, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oganesson.
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Thank you, Dr. Jess Wade, for increasing the visibility of female scientists, both past and present—and for making your most recent Wikipedia addition our very own Dawn Shaughnessy! #womeninSTEM
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British physicist and #STEM ambassador Jessica Wade details her mission to raise profile of women and minorities in science, e.g. crafting #Wikipedia pages for genre’s #HiddenFigures. Says some 80% of Wikipedia editors are men who write about what they know/comfortable. #Sunrise
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Do we mean to say that a woman discovered three elements and named one (Lv!) and we didn't have a Wikipedia page in English about her? At least this proves that there are sufficient notable women left to fill the #gendergap.
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