Women of STEM

0:03 Calaroga Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison. In today's theme is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Pioneers breakthroughs in the future of stem Question one. She broke barriers as the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences and helped isolate new elements from pitch blenda at the turn of the twentieth century. Which pioneering physicist chemist achieved this unique Nobel distinction? Question two? In nineteen fifty two, a single X ray image nicknamed Photo fifty one captured the clues needed to decode DNA's double helix.

0:45 What experimental technique did Rosalind Franklin use to produce this image? Question three? During the nineteen sixty two Mercury Atlas sixth mission, one astronaut famously asked that mathematician Catherine Johnson verified the computer's orbital calculations before liftoff. Which astronaut made that request? Question four, drawing on centuries old medical texts, which Chinese pharmaceutical chemists discovered the anti malarial compound that revolutionized treatment worldwide and earned a share of the twenty fifteen Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Question five, looking to the future of biotechnology. Which gene editing tool developed by Emmanuel Scharpentier and Jennifer Doudna earned them the twenty twenty Nobel Prize in Chemistry for enabling precise cuts to DNA. We'll be right back with these answers after this break. Welcome back.

2:00 One who won Nobel prizes in both physics and chemistry answer Marie Curie. Curie received the Nobel Prize in Physics in nineteen oh three for work on radioactivity, and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in nineteen eleven for isolating polonium and radium. Her discoveries laid foundations for nuclear physics and medical imaging. Question two, Which technique produced Rosalind Franklin's photo fifty one? Answer? X ray diffraction X ray crystallography. Franklin's X ray diffraction patterns of DNA revealed its helical structure and informed the Watson Crick model. Her meticulous work was central to understanding how genetic information is stored and replicated. Question three, which astronaut asked Catherine Johnson to check his flight calculations? Answer John Glenn Glenn's Friendship seven mission depended on precise trajectories, Johnson computed by hand. Her verification built trust in early computer outputs and helped launch America's first orbital flight. Question four, Who discovered the antime malarial artemisinin?

3:01 Answer to U U to U U isolated artemisinin from sweet wormwood artemisia anua inspired by classical medical recipes, dramatically reducing malaria deaths. Her work bridged traditional knowledge and modern pharmacology. Question five. What gene editing tool? Won? Dudna and Charpentier the twenty twenty Chemistry Nobel Answer crispyr Cast nine. Crisper Cast nine acts like molecular scissors, allowing targeted genome changes in organisms from bacteria to humans. It has transformed research and opened doors to new therapies while raising important ethical questions. That concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology.

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