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Smelling a potential new mate could impact how long an animal lives and its ability to reproduce, according to a new study.Scientists found that simply exposing male mice to the scent of unknown females during middle to old age decreased the number of litters they could sire later in life. If these female-odor-sniffing males were allowed to mate, they were also likelier to die earlier than males who didn't smell outsider females before mating.The researchers from New Zealand and Australia say their study demonstrates…

Venture capital firm Peak XV, formerly Sequoia Capital India, on Monday said it has launched a new startup cohort Spark 03 with 14 companies that includes 16 female founders. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and healthtech dominate this cohort with four companies in AI and four in healthtech, while others in the group are engaged in building software as a service (SaaS), consumer and B2B platforms, Peak XV said. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteMITMIT Technology Leadership…

A new study has shown that the amount of female leads in Hollywood movies is at a 10-year low.Despite the $1.4bn success of Barbie, last year’s top 100 films saw just 30 feature a female lead or co-lead, the worst result since 2014 according to a new study by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.“This is a catastrophic step back for girls and women in film,” Dr Stacy L Smith, research head, said in a statement. “In the last 14 years, we have charted progress in the industry, so to see this reversal is both startling and…

The Bad Batch has had to, for obvious reasons, spend a lot of time revolving around the characters of its masculine stars—Omega aside, the series must look beyond the rank and file of the former Clone Army for a feminine perspective. But as the third and final season looms, it’s setting the stage to center three very intriguing female foils.What Drew Gillian Jacobs to Invincible? | io9 InterviewOmega, of course, remains a vital part of The Bad Batch, but she and the rest of the team will find themselves brushing up…

New research explores the link between genetic mutations and infertility, specifically focusing on mitochondrial disruptions in egg cells. It opens potential new treatment strategies for infertility by targeting mitochondrial abnormalities.Approximately 48 million couples globally face infertility challenges, which can arise from multiple factors. In mammals, such as humans, the ovaries are responsible for egg production. Dysfunctions in this process can result in female infertility. Premature ovarian insufficiency is one…

Credit: Trickle-down and Bottom-up Effects on Workplace Gender Diversity (2024). A recent report from Ivey Business School's Lawrence National Centre for Policy and Management introduces distinct strategies for achieving gender parity in the workplace, tailored to the predominant gender makeup of different industries. Titled "Trickle-down and…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Life isn't easy for the approximately 1 million women working as takeaway delivery riders in China. Though their numbers appear to be rising as delivering food is convenient for fitting around childcare or retraining for new careers, these women have to live with gender pay gaps and various other inequities. These…

The reason Killer Mike was hauled away in handcuffs after winning three Grammy awards Sunday is coming into focus. A senior law enforcement source tells Rolling Stone that a female security guard working the star-studded event claims she was injured by the rapper during a confrontation inside the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. It was shortly after the Atlanta musician, whose legal name is Michael Render, swept the rap category with trophies for Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance that he…

In a sense, the 2023 Grammys simply told audiences what they already knew. There wasn’t much in the way of surprises, unless you count Killer Mike’s evening: even before he departed the Crytpto.com arena in handcuffs following an alleged battery incident, he had won three awards, no mean feat for a politically driven rapper knocking on 50 years old. André 3000, guest artist on Killer Mike’s best rap performance-winning track Scientists & Engineers, recently fretted: “I’m 48 years old. Not to say that age is a thing…

A remarkable generation of hyper-astute young female musicians, spanning pop to R&B, indie-rock and beyond, are set to be celebrated at Sunday night’s Grammy awards – though the biggest prizes could end up being swept by just one of them, Taylor Swift.The top categories are unprecedentedly dominated by women, with only one male artist, Jon Batiste, up for record, album or song of the year. In a week where major research studies in both the US and UK acknowledged progress around representation in a historically…