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Engineering must welcome women or risk becoming marginalized as other fields seek out and make a place for them. by Sheila E. Widnall Sheila Widnall is the former Secretary of the…
We all need sleep to rest our brains and muscles and replenish our energy sources. All animals need sleep. Without sleep our brains don’t work as well, our muscles get tired faster and we cannot…
