Secret Heroes

As a key figure at CERN, Fabiola Gianotti guided an international team of thousands working on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, contributing to the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, a particle essential to understanding how matter gains mass. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

After noticing burrs clinging stubbornly to his clothing and his dog’s fur, George de Mestral became fascinated by their microscopic hooks, sparking the idea that would become Velcro. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This episode of Secret Heroes explores the story of Junko Tabei, the pioneering climber who became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Valentina Tereshkova made history as the first woman to travel into space, a feat that not only broke records but shattered barriers for women in science and exploration. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode of Secret Heroes, we uncover the remarkable life of Matthew Henson, a man whose courage and skill helped make one of history’s greatest explorations possible. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Born into royalty and raised in the heart of the British Empire, Sophia Duleep Singh was expected to live a life of quiet privilege. Instead, she became one of the most radical and fearless voices of the British suffragette movement. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Norman Borlaug is a name few people recognize, yet his work is credited with saving more than a billion lives. Raised on a small Iowa farm, Borlaug became a plant scientist whose relentless determination helped prevent mass famine across Asia, Latin America, and beyond. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

For decades, her life-saving discovery went largely unrecognized outside scientific circles. In this episode of Secret Heroes, we tell the remarkable story of Tu Youyou, the Chinese pharmaceutical chemist whose groundbreaking work led to the discovery of artemisinin, a treatment that has saved millions of lives from malaria. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Rosalind Franklin spent her career peering into the unseen world through her X ray diffraction images, producing the photograph that revealed the true shape of the genetic code. She worked with precision, clarity, and determination, even as she faced barriers rooted in gender, competition, and the pressure of institutions hungry for discovery. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Rick Rescorla was a soldier, a security chief, and above all, a protector. From the battlefields of Vietnam to the towering offices of the World Trade Center, his life was defined by courage and foresight. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.