How did the possibility of sterile neutrinos even become a thing? It all dates back to the so-called “solar neutrino problem.

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The plaintiffs argue that talk-based sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts are speech protected by the First ...

For decades, car safety tests have predominantly relied on a crash-test dummy modeled after the average 1970s American man.

Jennifer Capasso had endured multiple tumors. She wondered what might be said during her next cancer surgery. So, she hit ...

Women are testing LinkedIn’s algorithm by swapping their gender profiles on the platform and seeing how it impacts the visibility of their posts. Katie Rosseinsky explores their claims that the social ...

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The United States Customs and Border Protection has introduced and implemented a rule that will require all airlines to disregard the "X" sex markers on passports, raising questions about what it ...