A surprising new study has found that blocking reproduction in some mammals may increase their life expectancy by an average of 10 percent. The research is primarily based on captive creatures kept in ...

Despite evidence that women are effective leaders, they remain underrepresented in leadership positions. Drawing on a phenomenological analysis of interviews with 15 women in the United States who ...

Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic ...

The Academy of Social Sciences has elected five experts from The University of Manchester as Fellows in recognition of their ...

She’s alive! Finally. When Maggie Gyllenhaal sat down to rewatch “The Bride of Frankenstein,” the 1935 James Whale classic, ...

A recent study suggests that left-handed people have an advantage in competitive contexts, while righties tend to cooperate ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says a social media post by Energy Secretary Chris Wright - which was quickly taken down - claiming the U.S. Navy helped an oil tanker through the Strait ...

What would happen if women stopped doing unpaid housework for a day? This essay explores hidden economic value of women’s care work.

Ethiopia taxes menstrual products while losing billions to illicit financial flows and profit shifting. Why are women paying ...

One of my abiding memories of the politics class at my high school was when we learnt about Shulamith Firestone (1945–2012), the feminist and author of The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist ...