Frank Massey
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Tech, AI, and social media writer with a passion for storytelling. I turn complex trends into engaging, relatable content. Exploring the future, one story at a time
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The Engineer in the Maternity Ward: How Judith Love Cohen Helped Save Apollo 13 Before Giving Birth to a Rock Star
The incredible true story of Judith Love Cohen, the aerospace engineer who finalized the Abort Guidance System for Apollo 13 while in labor with her son, Jack Black. A deep dive into the history of women in STEM and the invisible labor that saved the space program.
By Frank Massey about a month ago in Motivation
The Wrong Stuff: The Untold Story of the Mercury 13 and the Dreams That Were Grounded by Bias
When we look back at the grainy, triumphant footage of the early 1960s Space Race, the imagery is deeply embedded in the American psyche. We see towering rockets capped with tiny silver capsules, Mission Control centers filled with chain-smoking men in white shirts and skinny ties, and, of course, the astronauts themselves. They were the embodiment of mid-century masculine heroism: fighter jocks with buzzcuts and iron jaws, possessing what author Tom Wolfe famously dubbed "The Right Stuff." They were Alan Shepard, John Glenn, and Gus Grissom—names etched into history books as the pioneers who rode fire into the heavens to beat the Soviet Union.
By Frank Massey about a month ago in Motivation
The Alarm on the Shoes: How a Swedish Worker Exposed the Soviet Union’s Deadliest Secret
The gripping true story of the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant worker who detected the Chernobyl radiation before the USSR admitted the disaster, changing the course of history through a simple routine check.
By Frank Massey about a month ago in Motivation
The Island That Learned to Listen: How a Small Community Beat Suicide with a Question
The inspiring story of the Gotland suicide prevention model, where a community lowered suicide rates not with more hospitals, but by training everyday people to break the silence of isolation.
By Frank Massey about a month ago in Motivation
The Last Voice in the Room: The Man Who Caught a Civilization on a Cassette Tape
The poignant true story of how linguists and Indigenous elders in Australia raced against time to record dying languages, proving that preserving a voice is preserving a world.
By Frank Massey about a month ago in Motivation
The Town That Stopped Worrying: The Forgotten Experiment That Proved Poverty Is Just a Lack of Cash
The incredible true story of the "Mincome" experiment in Dauphin, Manitoba, where a guaranteed basic income in the 1970s led to better health and education, only to have the data hidden for 30 years.
By Frank Massey about a month ago in Motivation
The Third Option: The Nun Who Stood Between the Machete and Its Target
The harrowing true story of Antonia Locatelli, the Italian volunteer who sacrificed her life in Rwanda to protect the hunted and expose the early stages of the genocide to a silent world.
By Frank Massey about a month ago in Motivation
The Savior of Mothers: The Doctor Who Was Destroyed for Washing His Hands
The tragic true story of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, who discovered the cause of childbed fever and the importance of handwashing, only to be rejected by the medical community and die in an asylum.
By Frank Massey about a month ago in Motivation
The Translator of Death: How a Statistician Saved Millions by Simplifying the Math
The untold story of how Bangladesh revolutionized disaster preparedness, turning complex weather data into simple, actionable warnings that reduced cyclone death tolls by over 99%.
By Frank Massey about a month ago in Motivation
The Savior of Mothers: The Doctor Who Was Destroyed for Washing His Hands
The tragic true story of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, who discovered the cause of childbed fever and the importance of handwashing, only to be rejected by the medical community and die in an asylum.
By Frank Massey 2 months ago in Motivation
The Camden Experiment: How a City Fired Its Entire Police Force to Save Itself
The true story of how Camden, NJ, dismantled its corrupt police department and rebuilt it from scratch, leading to a historic drop in violent crime and a new model for community policing.
By Frank Massey 2 months ago in Motivation
