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Blogs This week’s great highlight was Ada Lovelace Day on March 24th. The day celebrates the contribution women have made to science and technology, and is an encouragement for bloggers everywhere to write about inspiring female researchers. Nature Network contributors didn’t disappoint. Eva Amsen champions Beatrix Potter, who initially attempted a career in botanical science: Beatrix Potter could draw scientifically accurate lichens as well as fluffy bunnies, but it was the latter that was more acceptable for women a century ago. Today, she would have been encouraged to study, to submit papers, attend meetings. Some fields are perhaps further behind  … Read more