Someone said they would take a picture of my teeth and show the dentist to copy today …means more than they can imagine.
There are 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 viruses in the world’s oceans.
Stretched end-to-end, they would reach 10,000,000 light years.
They weigh as much as 75,000,000 blue whales.
(random facts from UBC’s Curtis Suttle @ #AAAS Vancouver 2012)
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It’s Time to Bust the Myth That Girls Don’t Like Science
Research shows that girls are interested in STEM fields, but aren’t given information about the opportunities. If schools focus their efforts on ensuring that girls are informed about STEM opportunities, the number of women becoming computer scientists, engineers, and mathematicians is sure to soar.
Looking through my followers list is proof enough for me that there are loads of young women interested in STEM fields, whether it’s for their job or just expressing their identity.
We need to show them the opportunities. We need to engage them in the opportunities. And we need to fight the other social pressures that pull them away from positive feelings about science.