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Notes on women, memory and the challenge — who we remember, who we forget, and why.
Who was Ada Lovelace? The woman who saw computers coming
Ada Lovelace published the first computer program in 1843, bug included. What she really wrote, why historians still argue, and how players remember her.
How many women can you name? Why most people stall at 40
Most people stall around 40 women, and almost no one reaches 100. Here's why the names run out — and a category-by-category way to get much further.
The women scientists players miss most (and what they built)
Marie Curie is named 1,123 times in our challenge, but the women who mapped DNA, built early compilers, and split the atom barely appear. Meet 12 pioneers.
We named Sabrina Carpenter 1,281 times. A Nobel laureate, twice
Players named pop star Sabrina Carpenter 1,281 times and Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai twice. What the most-named women — and the forgotten ones — reveal.