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NASA’s black female role models

23/02/2017 GMT

Hidden Figures: The Real Story

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Hidden Figures: the real story of how African American women were recruited by NASA.

Hidden Figures: the real story of how African American women were recruited by NASA, Antifascists v Alt.Right and why do we smile?

Hidden Figures, the film, tells the little-known story of a group of African American women and their contribution to the space race in the 50s and 60s. We explore the history of how these women were recruited by Nasa and put to work on complex mathematical tasks – at a time when African Americans and women were far less likely to be employed in such jobs.


The Alt.Right in the US is locked in a fierce ideological battle with Antifa - a group of anti-fascists. We investigate online dirty tricks by both sides.
It’s probably something we take for granted and do every day - but why do we smile and what effect does it have on other people? 


Scientists say it’s one of our most basic human expressions and it’s easier to smile than to frown. Aasmah Mir explores the power of the smile, how easy it is to fake and what happens when you lose the ability to smile.


(Photo: Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Johnson,in a scene from Hidden Figures. Credit: Hopper Stone/Twentieth Century Fox/AP)

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