Citizen scientists help monitor water quality – Martha’s Vineyard Times
The Buzzards Bay Coalition recently published the first 28 years of its Baywatchers water monitoring program data in “Scientific Data,” a leading peer-reviewed nature research journal.From 1992 to 2018, the Baywatchers...
COVID testing blitz undermined screening, fight against STDs – WFMJ
“It’s clear there have been mass disruptions to testing, surveillance and clinical care and that’s likely making sexually transmitted infections worse than ever,” said David Harvey, executive director of the National...
Always a Panther: From DHS to Doctor; Alum to Serve Disenfranchised Communities – Focusdailynews
Gabriel Franklin Photo courtesy Duncanville ISD Share via:Duncanville High School Alum Pursues Career in MedicineGabriel Franklin says he discovered he wanted to pursue a medical career while he was a...
Beardsley Zoo Invites the Public to Its Party For The Planet – HamletHub
Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo invites residents to join the Zoo in celebrating with a Party For The Planet, a number of virtual and live activities designed to mark the 51st anniversary of Earth...
Tennessee Democrats’ present vote on anti-Transgender bill is dangerous complacency | Opinion – Tennessean
Blake Kitterman is an ambassador & speaker for the nationwide Title IX activist group End Rape On Campus.The inevitability of the passage of House Bill 0003, dubiously entitled part of the...
New polymer £50 – JTC Associates Ltd
The new £50 banknote featuring the British scientist Alan Turing will be issued for the first time on June 23, which coincides with Alan Turing’s birthday.The polymer £50 contains security features;...
COVID testing blitz undermined screening, fight against STDs – KOKI FOX 23
WASHINGTON — (AP) — After an unprecedented push to test and track COVID-19, public health workers are grappling with a worrisome side effect: a collapse in screening for sexually transmitted diseases...
Are We Doing Our Best for Trans Kids? – The Bulwark
Seventeen legislatures are considering laws that would dictate how medical personnel can treat transgender youth—the latest flash point in the culture war. Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson surprised observers this week when...
Stop legislating hate toward LGBTQ youth in Tennessee | Opinion – Knoxville News Sentinel
Megan Haselschwerdt is an associate professor in Child and Family Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She writes this as a Knox County resident, mother, wife, and staunch ally to...
Gay dads adopt newborn baby they found abandoned at train station – QNews
A gay couple have shared their incredible story of becoming first-time dads after finding an abandoned baby at a New York subway station 20 years ago.Danny Stewart was commuting to meet...
Iran’s clerics push unproven Islamic Covid cures in a wave of anti-science hostility –...
In late January 2020, the Iranian cleric Abbas Tabrizian publicly set fire to a copy of “Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine,” a foundational text for doctors around the world. It was...
Gay couple become dads after finding baby abandoned on the subway – PinkNews
Danny Stewart and Pete Mercurio became first-time dads after Danny discovered the baby in a subway station. A gay couple became first-time dads after one of the men stumbled upon an...
Virginia becomes the first state in the South to ban gay and trans panic...
By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) -- Approving a bill introduced by its only transgender lawmaker, Virginia became the first state in the South to ban "gay and trans panic" as a...
Newborn adopted by a gay couple that found him abandoned in NYC subway station...
A gay couple who adopted a newborn baby after finding him abandoned in a New York City subway station is about to celebrate their son's 21st birthday this year — and now...
Halo: Point of Light interview — Author Kelly Gay talks crafting character-first Halo stories...
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A huge strength of the Halo franchise is its wealth of expanded lore that fleshes out the universe introduced by the games in the franchise. Every year,...
Joseph Romano named 2021 LGBTQ+ Scientist of the Year | The Dish – Stanford...
by Stanford News Service on April 4, 2021 1:52 pm
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JOSEPH ROMANO, professor of statistics and economics, has been named the 2021 LGBTQ+ Scientist of the Year in recognition of...
Alan Turing: The father of computer science – Northwich Guardian
Not Mid Cheshire, but close by in Wilmslow, we find the home of the man whose face now graces our new £50 notes. Alan Mathison Turing OBE, FRS.
To commemorate...
Is Geralt of Rivia gay or queer? And what, exactly, is a Witcher? We...
The Witcher really is absolutely everywhere you look at the moment.Whether you were first introduced to the immersive fantasy world through the bestselling books, or the game, or latterly the high-budget...
Poet Ross Gay focuses on everyday delights – OPB News
Your browser does not support the audio element.Sometimes a flower or a bird or an overheard snippet of conversation is enough to bring joy. Perhaps especially in a year like this...
A Black Superman? Why People Don’t Understand The Science – Forbes
Henry Cavill as Superman in 'Zack Snyder's Justice League'. HBO Max 'Science Says Superman Should Be Black'. When I wrote that article in...
For Political Science Professor Paul Snell, Police Governance Proposal is a Personal Response to...
Late last spring, Politics and Government Professor Paul Snell expected to return to Minneapolis, where he had attended graduate school. But because of COVID-19, he canceled his plans. Had he made the trip...
Philosophers on Hope | Issue 143 – Philosophy Now
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Teens describe their gender and sexuality in diverse ways, but some are being left...
A growing number of young people are identifying as part of the LGBTQ+ community, and many are challenging binaries in gender and sexual identity to reflect a broader spectrum of...
Blood donation criteria: Can gay men donate blood? – Medical News Today
Previously, men who have sex with men (MSM) were unable to donate blood. They would have to abstain from sex for 12 months to be eligible for donation. However, challenges to...
Blood donation criteria: Can gay men donate blood? Can people belonging to LGBTQIA+ communities...
Previously, men who have sex with men (MSM) were unable to donate blood. They would have to abstain from sex for 12 months to be eligible for donation. However, challenges to...
The surprising habit that can reverse aging — and other science-backed strategies – CNBC
When you're young, "biology can seem so distant," says Andrew Steele, scientist and author of "Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old." "It's quite easy to avoid all...
CDC Funding Gun Violence Research For First Time in Decades – The New York...
That was the argument he used to help persuade Congress to appropriate money for gun violence research in 2019. The research itself was never banned outright, and in 2013, weeks after...
Comment on “Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior”...
AbstractThe phenotypic measures used by Ganna et al. (Research Articles, 30 August 2019, p. 882) lump together predominantly heterosexual, bisexual, and homosexual individuals, including those who have experimented with a same-sex...
Gay Levies Sanctions Against Prof. Nowak for Contacts With Jeffrey Epstein | News –...
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay announced Thursday she will shut down Harvard’s Program for Evolutionary Dynamics after determining that its director, Mathematics and Biology professor Martin...
Alan Turing Honored As The Face Of The UK’s New 50-Pound Bank Note –...
The new polymer bank note, shown in an image provided by the Bank of England, was unveiled to the public...
500+ ‘Jeopardy!’ contestants protest Dr. Oz as guest host – Los Angeles Times
As Dr. Mehmet Oz takes over as guest host of “Jeopardy!” this week and next, it’s with a cloud over his head in the form of a letter signed by hundreds...
The Search for a ‘Cause’ of Transness Is Misguided – Scientific American
Scientists have been engaging for decades in an avid hunt for a biological explanation for why some people are transgender. This urge to find a biological explanation for the existence...
Geneticist says anti-trans bills have no scientific backing in new interview – Gay Times...
“The answer to this latter question, are trans athletes winning everything, is simple – that’s not the case.”
In a recent interview with NPR, paediatrician and geneticist Dr Eric Vilain de-bunked the numerous...
Wave Of Bills To Block Trans Athletes Has No Basis In Science, Researcher Says...
Roughly 35 bills are being proposed that would limit or prohibit transgender women from competing in women's athletics. Above, athletes...
[OPINION] When will the Church learn? – Rappler
Just last year, in the documentary Francesco, he endorsed providing gay couples with legal protections in civil same-sex unions in a video clip extracted from an interview for a Mexican television...