Las Vegas is gearing up for a royal takeover—musical royal, that is.

As a Navy mathematician in the 1950s and beyond, she played an unheralded but foundational role in making possible the global satellite-based mapping system.

Gladys West, who has died aged 95, was the daughter of poor black farmers who in the 1950s and 1960s was instrumental in ...

Groundbreaking Black mathematician Gladys West, who helped develop the algorithms behind GPS, died Jan. 17 at age 95. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Marvin Jackson, who co-wrote West's memoir.

A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped ...

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

Moon Knight (Marc Spector) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by ...

Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, and ABBA are all among the very best and most iconic female-fronted rock bands of all time.