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In good faith
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/09/2022
» Re: "Support for nuns long overdue", (Editorial, Sept 18).
Ukrainian becomes second woman to win Fields math medal
AFP, Published on 05/07/2022
» HELSINKI - Ukraine's Maryna Viazovska paid tribute to those suffering in her war-torn country on Tuesday as she became the second woman to be awarded the Fields medal, known as the Nobel prize for mathematics.
A Summer to Remember
Guru, Suthivas Tanphaibul, Published on 06/08/2021
» After a year hiatus, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games finally kicked off and will conclude on Sunday. More than 10,000 athletes from 206 countries marched joyously in front of thousands of empty seats (due to Covid-19 restrictions), while millions of sports fans cheered from home. This year's motto is "United By Emotion", expressing the power of sport to connect people from diverse backgrounds from all over the globe. Guru has created a timeline of all the memorable moments till the time of going to print, as well as interesting facts about the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, for your reading pleasure.
Here's cheers to the 'Fab 6'
News, Postbag, Published on 27/06/2021
» Re: "'Fabulous women' of Thailand", (BP, June 22).
Old ways in modern times
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 29/03/2021
» FROM NOVEL TO SCREEN
NASA renames Washington HQ for 'Hidden Figures' trailblazer
AFP, Published on 25/06/2020
» WASHINGTON - NASA said Wednesday that it will rename its Washington headquarters after its first black female engineer, Mary Jackson, whose story was told in the hit film "Hidden Figures."
Nasa renames street for 'hidden' black women mathematicians
AFP, Published on 13/06/2019
» WASHINGTON: Nasa has renamed the street outside its Washington headquarters to honor three black female mathematicians whose pioneering work on the agency's early space program was chronicled in the film "Hidden Figures".
Kurdish refugee wins 'Nobel of mathematics' Fields medal
AFP, Published on 02/08/2018
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Kurdish refugee turned Cambridge University math professor Caucher Birkar was among four winners Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro of the prestigious Fields prize, dubbed the Nobel for mathematics, but had his gold medal stolen minutes later.
NASA's black female mathematicians hit the big screen
AFP, Published on 21/09/2016
» WASHINGTON - During the era of US racial segregation, a handful of black female mathematicians managed to break social barriers and propel the US space agency to new heights - and soon their story will be a major motion picture.