The First Lady of Engineering: Trailer

For decades, Ruth Itzhaki has pursued an idea that many in the Alzheimer’s research community were reluctant to take seriously: that herpes simplex virus type 1, the virus best known for causing cold sores, is also a major cause of Alzheimer’s disease in genetically vulnerable pe ...  Show more

In 1983, working with pencil and paper at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital, Svetlana Mojsov spotted what everyone else had missed: the active form of a newly discovered hormone called GLP-1. After three years of testing, she proved she was right. That molecule is ...  Show more

Usually it is the names of astronauts that people remember about the space race. But less celebrated are the teams of people working on how to put a rocket into orbit. Only in recent years have stories come to light of the contributions of the black women involved. Many were recr ...  Show more

Dr Julia Ravey and Dr Ella Hubber both have a love of science, but it turns out there’s a lot they don’t know about some of the leading women at the front of the inventing game. In Unstoppable, Dr Julia and Dr Ella tell each other the hidden, world-shaping stories of the engineer ...  Show more

Usually it is the names of astronauts that people remember about the space race. But less celebrated are the teams of people working on how to put a rocket into orbit. Only in recent years have stories come to light of the contributions of the black women involved. Many were recr ...  Show more