What happens when discourses of gender equality, women's protection, or LGBTQ+ rights are incorporated into political projects that also produce new forms of exclusion? This question is at the center of a study by Brazilian legal scholar and psychologist Grazielly Alessandra Baggenstoss, which examines the relationship between law, gender, sexuality,Continue Reading
Implant placement in previously infected extraction sites is often considered formidable due to the increased risk of implant failure. Success in such a scenario is highly dependent on stringent case selection, adequate bone volume, and meticulous surgical expertise. A healthy 32-year-old woman asked for a fixed, aesthetic replacement of herContinue Reading
The extreme weather of this year’s mega El Niño could look different from past events. The waters off the coast of Peru are normally one of the most productive fisheries in the world, each year producing millions of tonnes of anchovies to be used for fertilizer and animal feed. ButContinue Reading
The world’s biggest sun-observing telescope spotted these swirls for the first time The most detailed pictures of the sun ever taken have caught a surprising new feature. High-energy whirlpools, it seems, speckle the surface of our star. The sun is a giant ball of superhot, electrically charged gas called plasma.Continue Reading
Scientists blasted diamonds with lasers to get the best measurement of the mineral’s melting point yet. The new, more accurate numbers could help improve fusion experiments and studies of giant planets. Scientists melted diamonds with a powerful laser to take some of the most precise measurements of the mineral’s elusiveContinue Reading
Higher temperatures may push the disease away from historic hotbeds Malaria, one of the world’s most prominent public health challenges, is on the move. A new study based on previous predictions of where malaria in children may appear suggests that climate change is redrawing the map of malaria’s spread acrossContinue Reading
A multidecade study of wild chickadees shows how smart they need to be to survive A mountain chickadee waking up in the Sierra Nevada range on a snowy morning has no time to dawdle. Weighing about as much as a pencil, it needs to find stashed pine nuts within minutesContinue Reading
Parents of toddlers know too well what sugary treats can do. Kids can buzz with energy initially, only to crash or have mood swings later. Now a new study provides more evidence that excess sugar in early life could also pose health problems much later. Eating too much sugar duringContinue Reading
Some men in the United States seeking relief for erectile dysfunction aren’t getting prescriptions for Viagra. Instead, they’re flocking to health clinics to subject their private parts to low-energy sound waves touted as a painless path to penile healing. The treatment, called shock wave therapy, is controversial. But ifContinue Reading
This is the black hole’s point of no return Event horizon (noun, “Ee-VENT hur-AYE-zon”) An event horizon is a boundary surrounding a black hole. Beyond this boundary, nothing — not matter, energy or any kind of information — can escape. A black hole is an ultradense object with extremely strongContinue Reading