gender
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Study Confirms That, Yes, Women Face Sexism In Motorsport
For those of us massive nerds out there, it’s an exciting day when a motorsport article is published in a scholarly journal — and it’s an even rarer day when that motorsport article focuses specifically on women. And that’s exactly what happened earlier this year in a study that confirms that female drivers not only…
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We Discovered a Missing Gene Fragment That’s Shedding New Light on How Males Develop
It’s one of the most important genes in biology: “Sry”, the gene that makes males male. Development of the sexes is a crucial step in sexual reproduction and is essential for the survival of almost all animal species. Today in the journal Science, my international collaborators and I report the surprise discovery of an entirely…
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Why Is There No Male Birth Control Yet?
The injustice of our current contraceptive regime needs no elaboration. Enough to say that it’s bizarre, at this late date, that male birth control still does not exist. Every couple of years some scientist says they’re on the brink, and the same stale monologue jokes are hauled out of storage; afterwards they are placed back…
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Google Is Releasing More Than 50 New Gender-Inclusive Emoji
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, emoji have become a key part of the way that many of us communicate, and that makes representation vitally important to the way they’re designed. With this in mind, Google is releasing 53 new emoji that work to be more gender inclusive.