A nearly 100 million-year-old firefly fossilized in amber sheds light on how the bioluminescent insects evolved during the ...

The chance discovery of Kempe’s autobiography speaks to the rich trove of writing about medieval women that survives to this ...

Adolescents living in rural Washington state generally understand what constitutes acceptable firearm carrying behavior, ...

and present role models and comforting companionship for female readers. In honor of Vietnamese Women’s Day, Saigoneer has selected five books written by Vietnamese authors that feature strong female ...

Born on Long Island, New York in 1966, Jodi Picoult studied creative writing at Princeton, before embarking on a successful ...

Glory Edim's 'Gather Me' traces the dramatic arc of her life as well as her discovery of Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Toni ...

Over 100 professional female footballers from 24 countries have called for an end to FIFA's sponsorship deal with Saudi Aramco, the world's largest state-owned oil and gas company. In April this ...

Deisgn by Maitane Romagosa for Thrillist / Map illustration by Virginia Allyn When we first meet Feyre Archeron, the heroine ...

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This valuable study addresses potential roles of the master regulator of X chromosome inactivation, the Xist long non-coding RNA, in autosomal gene regulation. Using data from mouse cells, the authors ...