If women and girls in this country are making any progress on shattering the negative stereotypes of what they can do in mathematics and engineering, they have Katherine Johnson to thank for helping to pave…

Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA’s early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film “Hidden Figures,” about pioneering black female aerospace workers, has died.…

It’s hard to say no when you’ve been offered a shot at your dream job. Miranda Peters did so, twice. It was mostly out of loyalty, and other reasons. Peters, who grew up gazing at…