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A region of the mouse brain, called the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, is larger in males than females. Many neurons (green) produce the estrogen receptor. A specific population of these neurons (labeled for a protein called Nfix in red) is more abundant in males than in females. CSHL Assistant Professor Jessica Tollkuhn and her team identified genes targeted by estrogen in neurons that coordinate sex differences in neural circuits. Credit: Bruno Gegenhuber/Tollkuhn lab/CSHL, 2022Sex hormones play a significant role…

Physicist Lise Meitner helped discover nuclear fission but it was her collaborator Otto Hahn who won the Nobel prize for their work. French doctor and researcher Marthe Gautier, who died over the weekend, was one of a long line of women scientists who greatly contributed to scientific discovery only to see the credit go to their male colleagues.…

The women and children involved in the Uncommoning in the Andes make up Asociación Ñucanchic Allpa Mamamanta Warmicuna. Credit: Monica Malo, Author provided In the remote Andean community of El Cisne in Ingapirca, Ecuador, one of the first things you'll notice is children's laughter. In a courtyard, women gather with their children to trace ancestral knowledge and memories—and they do this using wool.…

Credit: Antiquity (2022). DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2021.185 A team of researchers affiliated with the University of Huddersfield in England reports evidence suggesting that large numbers of women from the European continent migrated to the Orkney Islands during the Bronze Age. In their paper published in the journal Antiquity, the group describes their study of the remains of people buried in a Bronze Age cemetery on the island of…

Canada’s residential school system has had a lasting effect on First Nations communities. Credit: Blake Elliott | Shutterstock One in three women around the world will experience violence from an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime. That is a shocking figure. Even more shocking, though, is the fact that, in 23 countries—from the Americas and Africa to Asia and the Pacific—it is more like two in three women.…

Credit: Mateus Campos Felipe/Unsplash The term "high-maintenance" is part of everyday speech, and usually refers to a woman who places a high value on her personal image, wants or needs. Often uttered within the context of dating, the implication is the woman in question is too much hard work; an easier, more relatable mate would be preferred.…

Researchers designed social program components to benefit families in Niger. Credit: Northwestern University To combat global poverty, social programs that not only provide cash to families—but also address psychological and social obstacles to seizing economic opportunities—can have a beneficial impact on people's lives, according to new research from Northwestern University economists.…

Google said on Thursday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Telangana Government to provide technical and financial support to youth and women entrepreneurs in the state.As per the deal, Google will collaborate with the Government through its various arms to extend scholarships for Google Career Certificates to Telangana's youth, support women entrepreneurs through digital, business and financial skills training, and strengthen the Government's school modernisation efforts with digital teaching and…