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A Look At The Project That’s Bringing Awareness To Female Scientists Through Art

But beyond the image of the two-time Nobel Prize winner bent over glowing rock, almost no stories of female achievement in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields are culturally pervasive. That’s why neuroscientist turned creative director, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya started Beyond Curie. Initially a kickstarter campaign, Amanda raised over $32,000 for the Association For Women In Science with her kinetic, artful depictions of thirty five relatively unknown female scientists—all pioneers in their fields. Here, we chat with Amanda about why it’s important for women to be encouraged to pursue STEM careers and how the the worlds of science and art overlap more than you might think.

Like many people, after the election I was not feeling great. I wanted to get involved but was feeling overwhelmed by the number of options for how I might contribute my time or money. A friend who had worked on the Hillary campaign gave me some great advice—pick a cause you care deeply about, and support it in a way only you can. Her words led me to develop Beyond Curie, to highlight the rich history of women kicking ass in STEM fields and to show that our world was built by extraordinary women, not just men, of all backgrounds.

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I started with women whose stories I personally had been inspired by, like Rita Levi-Montalcini, who I read about in 4th grade. Her story is one of grit, tenacity and creativity. In response to Mussolini’s 1938 ban that barred her and other Jewish people from academic and professional careers, she set up a laboratory in her bedroom and studied the growth of nerve fibers in chicken embryos, which laid the groundwork for her later research and discovery of nerve growth factor. I also wanted to ensure the series was as inclusive as possible, with representation for black, Latina, Asian and indigenous scientists as well as scientists with disabilities. I reached out to my backer community on Kickstarter for help with women to include and they introduced me to some extraordinary scientists I’d never heard of before. Each design is unique, it connects the scientists’ faces with the work they’ve achieved into a unique collage. Each design is a visual story of each scientist’s life.

We all know Marie Curie because her accomplishments are so difficult to ignore, even in a sea of accomplished male scientists who have dominated the genius label, she stands out. She was not only the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, but also she was the first person ever to win it twice, and the only person to win it in two different sciences. She was a badass, a legend, and one of the greatest scientists to have ever lived. However, when it comes to women in science, the conversation too often starts and stops with her. She is the easy choice when trying to be more inclusive with the addition a female scientist. But it’s important to look beyond Marie Curie and also celebrate all the other extraordinary women who have shaped science and changed the world.  

Certainly much can be learned from studies of visual perception that can provide depth and context for why certain designs work and others fall short. But in the moment, the craft of design, taking into consideration principles such as form, shape, composition, color, not to mention typography and storytelling is incredibly nuanced and takes years of deliberate practice to hone. There is an element of luck, magic and exploration as well. Often studies on visual perception are very controlled because they must be, but in reality, timing, uncontrolled factors and an unquantifiable number of biases can skew our perception of a design. This is why a neuroscientist who studies visual perception isn’t automatically a gifted designer. I’d say that my process from a storytelling perspective is often guided by neuroscience and psychology, and supported by visual craft and careful consideration.

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Learn How To Grip - Tape A Skateboard Deck

Here I am going to show you how to grip your brand new skateboard deck. Generally, skydiving can be a fun and exciting way to spend your weekend afternoons with your friends, but you have to follow all the safety guidelines outlined by the USPA. Only jump on days and in areas where you feel comfortable - no matter how much your jump partner(s) want to explore a new jump site. Also keep in mind the weather for the day, some skydivers do not do well starting off in windy or choppy environments. The most important thing is you enjoy yourself, so be safe and enjoy the wind in your face!

Firstly you will need certain items & tools to do the job. You will need:

1 New Deck. 1 Sheet of Grip-tape. 1 Large File. 1 Sharp blade. 1 Allen Key or Screwdriver (for making holes in grip tape).

You will also need a nice flat non-slip surface to do the job safely & to a good standard.

Next you need to take your new deck & remove any packaging making sure the deck is nice & clean, ready to receive the grip. Put your board onto your working area with the graphic face down on the surface. Take your sheet of grip & remove the backing to reveal the adhesive. Place the grip over the deck, but not touching, making sure that the grip is hanging over at both ends & both edges. Then holding the grip taught, stick it to the highest points of the nose & tail again making sure the grip is over hanging all of the edges. Now you can press down in the centre of the board. Work your way from the middle towards the nose & tail pressing down the grip as you go. Make sure the grip tape is well stuck down with no air bubbles. Most grip has perforations or tiny holes to reduce this, however if you have an air bubble take your sharp blade & use the point of the sharp blade to make a small hole to release any air & press down.

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Now that the grip-tape is applied to your board you are ready to trim off any excess. First you have to take your file & file the grip following the outer edge of the board. This will leave you with a white line following the contours of your deck. Do this a couple of times to give yourself a nice line to follow. Now, this is where you need to be careful, its time to trim the grip with your blade. Take your sharp blade & start at the tip of the nose or tail of the deck & cut the grip from the underside whilst pulling the blade slowly & carefully towards you following the white line you created with your file. You need to do this all the way around the board until the outer edge is nice & clean.

Almost done. Now you should have a pretty clean edge but it just needs finishing off. Take a piece of the discarded grip & use it to smooth the edge, using it like sandpaper. You should take a close look all around the edge of the grip making sure that it has stuck onto the deck properly. Once your happy that the grip is well stuck down & the edges are nicely finished, pick up your board & using something small enough like a screwdriver or allen key, push the tool through the truck bolt holes. Now your ready to assemble your new board.

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Hardest Skateboarding Tricks

There is a question that gets thrown a lot in Skateboarding World—"What is the world’s hardest skateboard trick?“ Can that question ever really be answered? Maybe not, because it is not something that easy to put a finger on, since one skateboarder’s opinion may differ from the other. What one skater may consider being a very difficult trick, even the most difficult of all, maybe not so difficult to the others. But as a skateboarding blogger, I do get this question time and time again, so I will attempt to solve this puzzle once and for all.

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We could possibly throw the kick flip into the hat of discussion. Tony Hawk,one of the greatest Pro-Skateboarder in the world, has said that the kick flip was one of the hardest tricks ever to learn, and that even he still has problems with it. Sure, there are more advanced and difficult tricks in this field. For many, the kick flip is a particular struggle, and once it is learned, learning more advanced tricks seems easier and the learning curve improves. But on the other hand, like we already said, there are harder tricks out there. In fact, even the heel flip, the kick flip’s twin brother, is said by most to be a harder version. So moving on…

How about the tre-flip? It is two tricks in one, basically a pop shuvit and a kick flip together, and it is thought by many to be one of the hardest flatland skateboard tricks. Alas, just like the age old question about how many licks it takes to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop, the world may never know.

We could bring up the impossible. I mean, the name itself says it all:impossible. It just makes it sound so, well, impossible. Legend has it that the trick’s inventor, Rodney Mullen, had thought it up, and before he had actually landed yet he was explaining that to friends and they stated that it would in fact be, “impossible”.

But what about vertical/transition tricks? It would be unfair to leave vert (vertical) tricks out of the argument. There are those that would say that maybe vert is more difficult than street (although there are those that will argue the opposite as well). The McTwist was once thought to be quite difficult. In September 2010 Bob Burnquist landed the world’s first ever 900 on a mega ramp. Does that mean that at the time of this writing, that the 900 would be the world’s hardest skateboarding trick?

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Fentanyl-laced Street Drugs “Kill Hundreds”

With street names such as Drop Dead, Flatline, and Lethal Injection, fentanyl-laced heroin and cocaine are marketed by drug dealers as the ultimate high. But these drugs are so dangerous that hundreds have died. From Chicago, one of the hardest hit US cities, David Boddiger reports.

Mike Wickster, a bald and tattooed 34-year-old, has been brought back from death’s door ten times after overdosing on heroin, most recently on heroin he believes was laced with the powerful synthetic opiate fentanyl. He survived and eventually wound up in jail where he had to go “clean”. With help, he has stayed off drugs for 7 months and now works in a harm-reduction programme trying to help drug users. But friends from his drug-using past still call when they have found a source for heroin with fentanyl.

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“Just yesterday someone said, ‘I know where to get fentanyl.’ People want it because it’s powerful and extreme. Deaths are like an advertisement—for every 10 people that die, 100 more will go looking for it”, he says.

Fentanyl is not new to veteran abusers, but in the past it had been obtained by diverting prescriptions. According to Timothy Ogden, Chicago’s top Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) official, clandestine fentanyl labs were occasionally discovered in the 1980s and 1990s. But those operations were nowhere near the size and scope of today’s fentanyl networks controlled by international drug traffickers.

“In 30 years of law enforcement experience, I haven’t seen this much of a threat before”, Ogden says. “It’s like a game of Russian roulette, only you’re putting five bullets in the chamber.”

Health workers began to notice a spike in opiate overdoses and overdose deaths late last year. When sophisticated toxicology tests of autopsy material revealed the presence of fentanyl, police started testing the heroin from street dealers finding the synthetic opiate.

By May this year, fentanyl overdoses had spread to cities in eight states, including Chicago, Detroit, St Louis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Camden, New Jersey. Fentanyl has been linked to 130 deaths in Detroit and 100 in Chicago in only a few months. In New Jersey, the drug cocktail killed three and hospitalised 42 in one weekend alone.

“The May numbers are the highest we’ve seen yet, and we expect that trend to continue”, says Edmund Donoghue, medical examiner for Chicago’s Cook County. “This is something we haven’t seen in Chicago before. We’re really stunned by it. We have had problems where ambulances were called for multiple overdoses, entire groups of people in the same place.”