Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Nautilus

    Cultivating Joy in Science

    A chemist and educational activist on helping Black girls believe in themselves. The post Cultivating Joy in Science appeared first on Nautilus.
    by Carlee Ingersoll Feb 28, 2023 5 minutes

    For the month of February, the Nautilus Marketing Team will feature interviews with organizations and institutions working to increase opportunities for young Black people to imagine and succeed in STEM career paths—and we’ll donate 10 percent of all new member subscriptions toward their initiatives.

    Black representation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields totaled only 9 percent in 2021, as reported by The National Science Foundation.

    From the moment chemist Cynthia Chapple began her graduate studies to the day she began her professional STEM career, she noticed a sobering detail: She was often the only Black woman, or the only person of color, in the room. 

    Her experience is statistically validated. This year, The National Science Foundation reported that of the entire STEM workforce, only 9 are Black; in 2015, Black women represented a slim .

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Nautilus

    Nautilus4 min read
    How Sound Rules Life Underwater
    1 Sound travels very differently in water than air. Like most humans, I assumed that sound didn’t work well in water. After all, Jacques Cousteau himself called the ocean the “silent world.” I thought, beyond whales, aquatic animals must not use soun
    Nautilus4 min read
    The Most Unlikely Migration
    In late summer, as the days shorten and begin to cool, the marmalade hoverfly begins to prepare her body for the long journey ahead. Her flight muscles strengthen, her eyesight sharpens, and her immune system bulks up until she is no longer a frail m
    Nautilus8 min read
    Life Lessons from Hell-House Venus
    Hold a grain of sand up to the night sky at arm’s length. There are thousands of galaxies in that miniscule fraction of the heavens. Galaxies like ours hold hundreds of billions of stars—a good portion of which host planets. And a number of these are

    Related Books & Audiobooks