Marie Curie: The Badass Scientist Who Glowed in the Dark (Literally)

Celebrating Women's History Month with a badass a day.

Let’s talk about Marie Curie. You know, the woman who basically invented the term “glow up” by discovering radium and then, you know, glowing in the dark because of it. (Okay, maybe not the healthiest glow, but still—iconic.)

Marie Skłodowska Curie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, at a time when women weren’t exactly encouraged to, say, pursue higher …