My first post this month was a long overdue answer to a tweet I hadn't known how to answer: Where is the Line Between Being Critical & Contrarian? Thoughts On a Plague.

Sputnik V has now been hit by wartime sanctions. I dug through the propaganda and evidence: Did We Ever Find Out How Effective Sputnik V Actually Is?

And when I realized I knew nothing about the history of women scientists in Ukraine, I went down a mind-blowing rabbit hole. It was hard to pick, but I whittled it down to 15 amazing women born before WWII. The Early Women Scientists of Ukraine series:

• Part 1: From Fossils to the Planets and Back
• Part 2: From Mushrooms to Physics, a Programming Language, Plants & Bees
• Part 3: From Birds to Math, Space, & Plants in Space

Observing the 1914 solar eclipse in Ukraine (via Wikimedia)