Category: Women Doing Amazing Things
Riding the virtual Trans-Siberian
With a virtual reality train trip available, people never have to leave home to cross Siberia. But are they missing out on the best part…
Inside story of Elon Musk’s space dream
SpaceX (Credit: SpaceX) The best of the week’s reads in science and technology, including Elon Musk’s ambitious space plan, and the disastrous birth of weather…
Pioneers of women’s football to receive blue plaque in Luton
Keith Batt Harry Batt (centre), his wife June (behind) and son Keith (far left) were involved in the early days of British women’s football through…
How to make a mile-high building
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) The best of this week’s science and technology long reads, including how to build a tower a mile high, why…
Ethiopia all-women flight marks 8 March
Ethiopian Airlines ‘The Lucys are about to control the skies for the 5th time’, the airline tweeted Ethiopian Airlines is marking International Women’s Day by…
Are we hard-wired to doodle?
(Thinkstock) Why are we drawn to doodling? As David Robson discovers, there may be much more to our idle scribbles and other drawings than we…
Women’s Euro 2017: England can still get better after 6-0 win, says Mark Sampson
Taylor’s hat-trick was the first by an England Women player at the finals of a major tournament, and the first any nation has scored at…
The genius behind stick figure toilet signs
(Getty Images) We use them every day without thinking about them, but the universally recognised symbols for male and female toilet signs have much more…
The sculptor who mended Great War soldiers’ shattered bones
Anne Acheson: The artist who changed medical history An artist from Northern Ireland made the breakthrough in resolving one of the biggest medical dilemmas facing…
Can you learn in your sleep?
(Getty Images) Sleep learning used to be a pipe dream. Now neuroscientists say they have found ways to enhance your memory with your eyes closed,…