DC is introducing the first transgender character in mainstream comics. (via Wired) A new technique to make brains–and other organs–transparent. Cool! (via Nature NEWS) California has banned insurance discrimination against trans patients. (via Feministing) The physics of crying in space. (Hint: it’s not advisable.) (via NBC News) Featured image credit: A panel from Batgirl #19, ... »
Link Up is a sexual health and reproductive rights program designed to reach girls, not just adult women. (via The Girl Effect) Women with both high verbal and math skills are less likely to choose STEM careers, possibly because of their greater choice of career options. (via University of Pittsburgh News) For queer and trans people, the NYPD is the literal fashion police. (via Feministing) New st... »
Sequester cuts to science slow biomedical research. (via Scientific American) In defense of being a girly feminist. (via HelloGiggles) France is now providing free abortions, as well as free contraception to teenage girls between 15 and 18. (via France24) Forget graphene–silicene may be even better for electronics. (via NewScientist) Got a link you think we should know about? Contact us here... »
Obama administration declares it National Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Month. Ants follow Fermat’s principle of least time. (via PhysOrg) Pesticides shown to damage bee brains. (via C&EN) New Jersey may ban gay conversion therapy. (via Feministing) Featured image credit: Lamiot Got a link you think we should know about? Contact us here. »
Some moving photos of the lesbian relationship behind the Supreme Court DOMA case. (via Buzzfeed) Physicists measure the magnetic moment of the antiproton, an antimatter particle, more accurately than ever before. (via Sci-news) The governor of North Dakota signs a “heartbeat” bill banning abortion after 6 weeks. (via Feministing) How the Higgs-Boson might spell (eventual) doom for the... »
Last month, the Obama administration announced a plan to fund a huge, decade-long project to simultaneously map the activity of each individual neuron in the entire human brain — the Brain Activity Map (BAM). The project aims to develop new technology to visualize the activity of individual neurons in the same way that fMRI can roughly visualize the activity of the brain at a much coarser sc... »
Seven years after the debut of the HPV vaccination, only 35% of 13 to 17 year old girls are inoculated. (via The New York Times) North Dakotans will vote on a “fetal personhood” amendment next election. (via Feministing) #safetytipsforladies: ironic tips you can laugh to avoid being upset at rape culture. Example: “Password protect your vagina using numbers, letters, and special ... »
It seems that giant squid worldwide are all one species. (via Science NOW)The Arizona lawmaker introduces a bill to prosecute transgender people who use the ‘wrong’ bathroom. (via ThinkProgress) Sugar and insulin resistance contribute to obesity. New recommendations say Americans should be decreasing to 1/3 the amount of their daily sugar consumption. (via The Guardian) The military ju... »
