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This is a colorised image/data processed from ESA's MarsExpress of Mars' innermost and largest moon, Phobos. The visible crater on top should be Peridier. ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck

"Male dominance means that the society creates a pool of prostitutes by any means necessary so that men have what men need to stay on top, to feel big, literally, metaphorically, in every way; and yet men are our standard for being human." -- Andrea Dworkin

Bronze-winged jacanas are polyandrous. The female forms harem territories, consisting of the territories of 1-4 males. Before laying eggs the female may spend more time with a receiver male. After laying eggs, the receiver male takes over the responsibility of brooding & raising chicks.

A feminist reminder that the post-modernist notion that pornography, prostitution, and other types of commercial sexual exploitation can be subversive and liberatory is nothing but a recycled version of old school misogyny.

New evidence suggests that ‘hybrid’ immunity, the result of both vaccination and a bout of COVID-19, can provide partial protection against reinfection for at least eight months. Immunity acquired by booster vaccination alone seems to fade somewhat faster.

Four volcanic eruptions between 168 and 158 BC caused a dramatic decrease in the Nile River’s annual flooding, which was crucial to the era’s farmers. The changes probably contributed to social unrest during Egypt’s Ptolemaic dynasty.

Vikings brought horses and dogs to the British Isles from Scandinavia, a new study suggests. A chemical analysis of bone fragments from a cemetery in England provides the first solid scientific evidence of animals traveling with Vikings across the North Sea, scientists report.

The Arctic fox, which weighs just 3 kilograms, can journey thousands of kilometres across the tundra in less than a year. They can also survive in frigid Arctic temperatures as low as -58°F or -50°C

The medicalization of female genital mutilation is a type of recycling misogyny that violates medical ethics as well and confer a sense of legitimacy to FGM.

Women who had drunk alcohol up to the legal limit for driving were able to recall details of a sexual assault in a hypothetical scenario, including details of activities to which they had, and had not, consented.

Endangered male northern quolls are giving up sleep in favour of having more sex – and it could be killing them, according to a study that investigated why male northern quolls usually mate themselves to death in one season while females can live and reproduce for up to four years.

Endangered male northern quolls are giving up sleep in favour of having more sex – and it could be killing them, according to a study that investigated why male northern quolls usually mate themselves to death in one season while females can live and reproduce for up to four years.

Planting more trees could axe summer deaths by a third. Modelling of 93 European cities finds that increasing tree cover up to 30% can help lower the temperature of urban environments by an average of 0.4°C and prevent one in three heat deaths as a result.

Einstein’s theory helps to reveal Jupiter’s distant duplicate. A near-identical twin of Jupiter discovered around a distant star is the first planet to be found from space using a gravitational effect called microlensing.

Male alcohol use has a significant negative influence on in vitro fertilization success rates, increasing patient financial burden and emotional stress. Study reveals that the more a male drinks before providing sperm for an IVF pregnancy, the less likely the pregnancy will be successful.

Trans people have mortality rates that are 34 - 75% higher than cis people. They were at higher risk of deaths from external causes such as suicides, homicides, and accidental poisonings, as well as deaths from endocrine disorders, and other ill-defined and unspecified causes. (UK data)

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Autistic people at higher risk of heart disease, diabetes and high cholesterol. Autistic children, in particular, were found to be at higher risk, being 2.8 times more likely to experience diabetes, and 2.5 times more at risk of high blood pressure, compared to non-autistic children.

Study finds that microalgae and other microscopic, plant-like organisms could help feed the world’s growing population more sustainably than current agricultural systems.

The Himalayan monal.

The Himalayan monal. Its colouration and iridescent plumage are due to photonic structures present in the internal structure of the feathers.

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The red junglefowl -- the wild ancestor of the chicken -- is losing its genetic diversity by interbreeding with domesticated birds. Genomes of 100 year old birds show that modern wild junglefowl have inherited 20% to 50% of their genomes from domestic birds.

The red junglefowl -- the wild ancestor of the chicken -- is losing its genetic diversity by interbreeding with domesticated birds. Genomes of 100 year old birds show that modern wild junglefowl have inherited 20% to 50% of their genomes from domestic birds.

Hyperion is the largest of Saturn's irregular, nonspherical moons. Hyperion's mean radius is 135 km, but as it's potato-shaped, its shape can be described in terms of its diameter along its three axes: 410 x 260 x 220 km. Credit: NASA/JPL/Caltech/SSI

As a sunbittern spreads its wings, a patch of chestnut and orange appears on the primary wing feathers and across the tail. This display is primarily used as a threat or defense rather than courtship and is typically accompanied by a low hiss and bowing.

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Black and Hispanic hairdressers are exposed to a complex mixture of chemicals, many of them unknown, potentially hazardous, and undisclosed on product labels, researchers report. There are more than 700,000 hairdressers in the United States, more than 90% of whom are estimated to be women.

Most COVID-19 trial preprints were eventually published, and the conclusions mostly stayed the same. But preprint studies with smaller numbers of participants (sample size) and higher risk of bias were less likely to be published.

Study shows that the receptor for oxytocin, a hormone considered essential to forming social bonds, may not play the critical role that scientists have assigned to it for the past 30 years. Prairie voles can still form social bonds without oxytocin sensors in the brain.

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