In case you missed itA Crash Course on the Male Reproductive System For Anyone Who Needs It It's never too late to learn. By Pallavi Prasad
When Words FailLáadan: The Fictional, Feminist Language Designed to Convey Unique Female Experiences Radiidin (noun): A day that is technically supposed to be a festive holiday but is actually a burden because of the sheer amount of work to be done alone. By Pallavi Prasad
HallelujahScientists Are Developing a Once‑a‑Month Female Birth Control Pill This invention can help reduce unintended pregnancies that arise from women forgetting to take their daily dose of the pill. By Pallavi Prasad
Study: Women Are Going Into Labor Earlier Because of Heatwaves Caused by Climate Change Extreme heat can send pregnant women into cardiovascular stress, which may induce early labor. By Pallavi Prasad
World Hide WebThe Streisand Effect Proves When You Try to Hide Something on the Web, Everyone Sees It Plot twist: Powerful people now exploit this phenomenon by deliberately putting out content that will be censored -- to maximize outreach. By Pallavi Prasad
Old Habits Die HardStudy: More Men Are Availing Paternity Leave, but Women Still Bear the Burden of Housework, Parenting New policies will only have the desired impact when mindsets change. By Pallavi Prasad
Crime and PunishmentWhy the Police Killing the Hyderabad Rape Accused Isn’t Justice 150 years ago, society moved from executing criminals to trying and imprisoning them for a reason. By Pallavi Prasad
Big PictureWhat It Will Take to End Gang Rapes in India Even the harshest penalties imposed on rapists will not dismantle the rape culture that conditions them in the first place. By Pallavi Prasad
Institutional ApathyReport: French Police Failed to Stop 36 Men From Murdering Their Female Partners The report comes amid a wave of protests against femicide in France, where men kill an intimate partner once every three days. By Pallavi Prasad
If The Vape FitsBreakthrough in Mysterious Vaping Illness Identifies Vitamin E Acetate as the Culprit Manufacturers often use vitamin E acetate -- a synthetic oil derived from Vitamin E -- to "cut" or dilute THC in vaping products. By Pallavi Prasad
Great Minds Drink AlikeCould Some People’s Brains Simply Be Predisposed to Alcohol Addiction? In a new study on mice, researchers have stumbled upon a unique neural circuit that corresponds to compulsive drinking. By Pallavi Prasad
Worth the OuchThe World’s First Injectable Male Contraceptive Is Ready — Are Men? The injection, which is 97.3% effective and has zero long-term side effects, is administered near the testicles. By Pallavi Prasad
Breaking The MythWhy We Can’t Shake the Myth That the Hymen Is Proof of Virginity The myth of the intact hymen has deep roots within our cultural understanding of sex and female sexuality. By Pallavi Prasad
Cause and EffectThe Intriguing Link Between Common Infections and Eating Disorders A new study found that people with infections such as meningitis were more likely to be diagnosed with anorexia and bulimia. By Pallavi Prasad
School's OutSome Areas of the Ocean Now Have Seven Times More Plastic Than Baby Fish "A single thread [of plastic] in the stomach of a larval fish is potentially a killer." By Pallavi Prasad
For The Long HaulBacklash Against the #MeToo Movement Shouldn’t Overshadow Its Significance, Successes Social movements for change have a pattern: two steps forward, one step backward. By Pallavi Prasad
Food AwakeningThe ‘Bliss Point’ Is How Food Companies Ensure You Can’t Have Just One French Fry There is an entire industry devoted to using psychology and neuroscience to keep make junk food as addictive as possible. By Pallavi Prasad
For Art's Sake100,000 Mongooses Are Killed in India Each Year so We Can Have Paintbrushes Mongoose-hair brushes continue to be in high demand because of how fine they are. By Pallavi Prasad