Credit: Micheline Pelletier/Corbis/Getty Grit and determination feature in most scientific careers, but the Israeli structural biologist Ada Yonath surmounted more obstacles than most. Yonath was the first to grow crystals suitable for X-ray analysis that would reveal the structure of the ribosome — a macromolecular complex that functions as a factory for proteins in living
Roma filmmaker Alina Șerban broke barriers long before she set foot on the red carpet this week at the Venice Film Festival, where her feature-length directorial debut, “I Matter,” world premieres in the Venice Spotlight section. Rising from an impoverished background to become a celebrated stage star in Romania, the actress and directing debutante has
Naomi Watts has taken to Instagram to celebrate her secret role in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” Sony and Marvel Studios’ record-breaking superhero movie. The Oscar nominee voices Peter Parker’s artificial intelligence assistant E.V. in the movie. Watts celebrated the film’s success on social media while sharing a photo of herself recording her lines virtually with
Acts of kindness are few and far between in the harsh textile factory of Myanmar, where young San Kyi (Nandar Myat Aung) ekes out a meager living, hunched over a sewing machine. When new employee Theint (Nandar Myint Lwin) tells a white lie to cover it up after an unauthorized bathroom break, San Kyi’s face
