Author Dava Sobel discusses how she discovered the many forgotten female scientists who were mentored by Marie Curie in early ...

Marie Curie, in Paris in 1925, was awarded a then-unprecedented second Nobel Prize 100 years ago this month. AFP / Getty Images When Marie Curie came to the United States for the first time, in ...

Despite the risks, Curie's findings in science, especially in medicine and cancer treatment, have had a lasting, significant impact on the world. Marie Curie being the only woman to receive two ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. There was a time when people didn't think that women were clever enough to work in science. We know today this is ...