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In a groundbreaking study reported in Current Biology, researchers have found the earliest-known fossil mosquitoes in Lebanese amber, revealing that ancient male mosquitoes likely fed on blood. Credit: Current Biology/Azar et al. Researchers have unearthed the oldest fossil mosquitoes in Lebanese amber, showing that ancient male mosquitoes were likely blood-feeders. This finding from the Lower Cretaceous period sheds new light on the evolution of mosquitoes and their relationship with flowering plants. Researchers…

December 1, 20232min readSome female stick insects can reproduce without males—but they have a secretBy Saugat BolakheTimema poppense, a species related to the stick insects studied in the new work. Credit: Moritz Muschick/University of SheffieldCertain wingless, sticklike insects that hide in bushes and trees across central California have no need for males: these insects in the Timema genus are nearly all female and reproduce without sex by creating genetic clones of themselves, a process called parthenogenesis.But…

Anne Hathaway has been a prevalent actress in Hollywood ever since she led the Princess Diaries cast as a teen. Over the years, Hathaway has accomplished a lot, between being nominated for her first Oscar back in 2009 before winning the gold statue in 2013, and having over 50 acting credits to her name. Additionally, she has been a vocal advocate for gender equality over the years, even once speaking to the UN on the topic. Recent comments from the actress highlight why she finds it important to work with female…

Green sea turtles are already an endangered species, mainly due to humans hunting them, harvesting their eggs, degrading their habitats, or entangling them in garbage of some kind.But they also face another, more insidious threat from people: the loss of male hatchlings from the species.You probably already know that this is partly caused by rising temperatures due to climate change – but a new study has now unveiled another human-caused problem driving this trend.Certain pollutants may promote feminization in sea…

Ever since Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel launched at the tail-end of the Infinity Saga, a certain subset of fans — who have been colorfully and accurately described by Samuel L. Jackson — have feared that women are taking over the MCU. Well, I am delighted to inform these people: it’s true. Although this used to be a rare occurrence, the Multiverse Saga has become increasingly obsessed with taking male characters from the comics and reimagining them as female. We’ve known all along that Marvel Studios was very keen to…

Multitrajectories of men’s workforce participation from ages 27 to 49 (n = 4,538). (A) Steady work participation (41 percent), (B) increasingly steady work (25 percent), (C) increasing unemployment and out of labor force (13 percent), (D) intermittent work (11 percent), (E) early-career exit (6 percent), and (F) midcareer exit (4 percent). Credit: Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World (2023). DOI: 10.1177/23780231231197031…

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Greta Scacchi, 63, is an Emmy award-winning actor. Born in Milan, Italy, she spent her childhood in England and two years of her teens in Australia, where she began working in theatre. Her films include White Mischief, The Player and Emma, and she can currently be seen in the TV series Bodies and recent film Run Rabbit Run (with Succession’s Sarah Snook), both on Netflix. Scacchi is about to play Mrs Hardcastle in a 1930s-style update of Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer at the Orange Tree theatre, Richmond.She Stoops to…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeTV host Piers Morgan has been mocked for his criticism of Barbie, after he claimed he would be “executed” if he made an equivalent film for men.The former Good Morning Britain presenter, who currently fronts his own TalkTV show, Piers Morgan Uncensored, shared his thoughts on the film in an op-ed for the New York Post. “If I made a movie mocking women as useless dunderheads, constantly…

Before the lights dimmed inside the theatre for Barbie, I saw a group of boys hop on to their seats in the row just ahead of mine. They were happy and excited to have got the best seats- centre middle row. The film began. In all its pink effervescence, Barbie cleverly sets the stage to unpack themes of existential dread, gender politics, and consumerism. It is a bubble gum explosion of truth bombs, one after the other. When the lights returned at the end credits, I witnessed the same boys look at each other with an air…