The Quantum Ripples of Life
Stephon Alexander, a research associate at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, credits science with helping him escape the stresses of inner city life. He currently studies why more matter than antimatter exists in the universe. http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/12/02/8
Educated Woman: The Grad School Adventures of Micella Phoenix DeWhyse
Lori Alvord, M.D., Associate Dean of Student and Multicultural Affairs at Dartmouth Medical School, talks about her struggles and successes as a female Navajo in science and medicine. http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/11/24/14