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Black and white photo of Shoshoni Infant in cradleboard

Indigenous women engineered energy-efficient baby carriers

Skeleton in grave in Iron Age Celtic tribe

Celtic women held power—and were sacrificed

Scan of hieroglyphs on Mayan Foundation Rock

Mystery Mayan ruler was no king

Visualisation of the central grave/main burial of the Grafenbühl mound

DNA suggests ancient Celtic royalty was matrilineal

Pharmacy shelves stocked with medications

Law enforcements can obtain prescription records from pharmacy giants without a warrant

Barbie and Ken in all-pink outfits driving in a pink convertible in the new movie "Barbie"

‘Barbie’ reminds us that pink is a power color for everyone

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Bird control pills, IUD, ring, and other hormonal birth control options illustrated in pink, purple, blue.

Where is all the hormone-free birth control?

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

two people holding hands

Gender-affirming hormones can improve teens’ mental health and life satisfaction

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Crash test dummy in driver's seat of car with airbag deployed

The first crash dummy modeled after women is here

Faafafine individual at Auckland, New Zealand pride parade

Sex and gender binaries don’t tell the entire story of life

By Rachel Feltman

Helen Thompson Woolley

Helen Thompson Woolley showed biology does not define gender

By Yasmin Tayag

First of a kind study finds that after five years, trans children stand firm in their identities.

First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition

Young women at a climate protest

Gender equity and climate change are intertwined

By Angely Mercado

Three women in helmets leaning down on turf with a foam heart-shaped football in black and white

These ‘experts’ once said women couldn’t play football. Boy were they wrong.

By Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D’Arcangelo

These female hummingbirds don flashy male feathers to avoid unwanted harassment

These female hummingbirds don flashy male feathers to avoid unwanted harassment

Black adults speaking to a black child in a dress

How to use science to talk to kids about gender

By Tyler Santora

man in mask stands in front of brick wall

Low testosterone in men is linked to more severe COVID-19, but we have no idea why

a bowl of tofu and a glass of soy milk on a white marble counter, with dried soybeans scattered around the surface

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Eating soy does not make men grow boobs

By Popular Science Team

A woman in mask, head scarf and yellow rain jacket stands along the water

Women are more likely to take COVID-19 guidelines seriously

By Disha Shetty/Undark

Pad and tampons.

What we can learn from Scotland’s free period products

By Sara Kiley Watson