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Barbie launches six new dolls celebrating female scientists — including an Australian doctor
Publicado em 04 de agosto de 2021
An Australian doctor is among six professionals being honoured for their work by having Barbie dolls modelled on them.
Key points: Kirby White founded Gowns for Doctors which developed reusable gowns for use during the pandemic She is one of six women being honoured with a Barbie made in her likeness The other six include a co-developer of the AstraZeneca vaccine, a frontline doctor and a biomedical researcher
Kirby White is an Australian doctor based in Victoria who pioneered Gowns for [...]
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Newly discovered eel packs the biggest electrical punch of any known animal
Publicado em 15 setembro 2019This is something to get amped up about: a team from the Smithsonian Institute has discovered a new species of electric eel that can generate an electrical shock of up to 860 volts, the strongest of any known animal. Despite their misleading name, electric eels are actually naked-back knifefishes and are more closely related to catfish and carp than to other eel families. They can reach up to 2.5m in length and are the only fish capable of producing such strong electrical discharge via three [...]ver notícia