The Queen of Nuclear Physics (Part One): Chien-Shiung Wu's Discovery ^58.9%

NPR - By Emily Kwong, Regina G. Barber, Berly McCoy - 5/20/2022, 4:10 AM

Framing Effect 53.8% - In-Group Bias 42.9% - Indoctrination 42.9%

In the 1950's, a particle physicist made a landmark discovery that changed what was known about how the universe operates. Chien-Shiung Wu did it while raising a family and an ocean away from her relatives in China. Short Wave's Scientist-In-Residence Regina Barber joins host Emily Kwong to talk about that landmark discovery—what it... more