Science

1. Brazilian scientist who, at just 19, created a cheaper, faster, non-invasive way to diagnose endometriosis using biological markers.
4. First person to win two Nobel Prizes in different sciences and a pioneer in radioactivity research.
6. Scientist who sparked the modern environmental movement with Silent Spring.
7. Neuroscientist who figured out how to accurately count neurons in the human brain.
8. Scientist whose mRNA research made COVID-19 vaccines possible, after decades of being overlooked.
9. Neuroscientist who won a Nobel Prize for discovering how the brain maps space.
11. Primatologist who changed how we understand chimpanzees and conservation itself.

2. 19th-century mathematician who wrote what’s considered the first computer algorithm.
3. German-Peruvian mathematician who dedicated her life to studying and protecting the Nazca Lines, practically becoming their guardian.
5. NASA mathematician whose calculations helped send astronauts into orbit and to the Moon.
10. Scientist who discovered artemisinin, a treatment that has saved millions from malaria.