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Women's History Month: 5 groundbreaking researchers who mapped the ocean floor, tested atomic theories, vanquished malaria and more

  • Written by Maggie Villiger, Senior Science + Technology Editor
imageTu Youyou shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015.Claudio Bresciani/AFP via Getty Images

Behind some of the most fascinating scientific discoveries and innovations are women whose names might not be familiar but whose stories are worth knowing.

Of course, there are far too many to all fit on one list.

But here are five profiles from...

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