Yawning is a familiar gesture. It often appears when one is tired or when changing states of alertness, for example at the moment of falling asleep or waking up. However, it has a unique aspect: it is ...

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In Sweden today, maternal activism is uniting around a politics of collective care, turning private burdens into claims about public obligation and democratic rights. For decades the Nordic welfare ...

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

A month ago, on our Instagram account, we published a brief statement from Anti-Capitalist Workers of Iran in which these comrades affirm that what is happening in the country is a class war; that ...

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

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 ...

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

Learn how sex-biased interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans explains why Neanderthal DNA is largely missing ...

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 ...