March 27, 2026
In 2015 Chinese scientist Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize for developing artemisinin, a cure for malaria. She was inspired by a 1,600-year-old Chinese medical text that recommended sweet wormwood (which contains artemisinin) for intermittent fevers, a malaria symptom.
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5 Incredible Women in STEM You Need to Know
We owe a number of humanity’s great scientific, mathematical, and technological developments to women—even if they often aren’t given the credit they’ve earned. Here are just five of those women. list, women in STEM, science, technology, engineering, math, Gladys West, Tu Youyou, Mary Golda Ross,
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