Ayrshire school celebrates Blue Switch Day with outdoor fun
Blue Switch Day is held on May 2 each year and recognises when the US Government ‘flipped the switch’ and made high-accuracy GPS available to everyone.
Teigan and Michael from Cumnock s Hillside School are pictured at the start of their geocaching adventure (Image: Submitted/Ayrshire Post)
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Female scientists who changed the world – from discovering radioactivity to making Covid-19 vaccines
Charlotte Edwards, Digital Technology and Science Reporter
14 Mar 2021, 7:30
IN honour of Women s History Month we ve rounded up some of the most amazing female scientists you should know about.
From discovering radioactivity to HIV and Covid-19 breakthroughs, these women have changed the world.
Marie Curie
Marie Curie was the first female winner of a Nobel PrizeCredit: Alamy
Born in Poland in 1867, Marie Curie went on to become one of the most famous female scientists in the world.
She is well-known for discovering radioactivity and she invented a mobile X-ray unit that was used in WWI.
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Meet 7 groundbreaking Black scientists from the past
From the first treatment for leprosy to the foundation of the global positioning system, Black scientists have long been involved in major scientific developments, despite being pushed to the margins, refused jobs, and denied credit for their discoveries.
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From left to right: Gladys West, Charles Henry Turner, Alice Ball, Percy L. Julian, Sophia B. Jones, Elijah McCoy, Charles Lightfoot Roman.(U.S. Navy, Public domain, DePauw University Archives and Special Collections, Public domain, New York Public Library, Ben Shannon/CBC.)
Street art in support of Black Lives Matter covers boarded up store fronts on July 25, 2020 in Oakland, California. Demonstrators in Oakland gathered to protest in solidarity with Portland protests. (Photo by Natasha Moustache/Getty Images)
In the wake of 2020’s racial unrest, ignited by high-profile incidents of police brutality and disparities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the winners of Chevron Richmond’s annual Black Employee Network scholarship became a symbol of a movement destined to be both felt and heard for generations to come.
Pinole Valley High student Anita Chinwuba has been reading everything she can get a hold of on Black culture and history. The straight-A student’s goal is to one day advocate for ethnic studies as a requirement in high schools.