From this point forward, NASA’s Washington DC headquarters will be known as the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters, named after the agency’s first Black female engineer. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced the change today. Continue reading NASA names its DC headquarters after its first Black female engineer
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Why Female Octopuses Self-Destruct After Laying Eggs
For a female octopus, the laying of eggs signifies the beginning of the end. Continue reading Why Female Octopuses Self-Destruct After Laying Eggs
Your Brain Is a Mosaic of Male and Female
There is no such thing as a “male
brain” or a “female brain,” new research finds.
Instead, men and women’s brains are an unpredictable mishmash of malelike and femalelike features, the study concludes. Even in brain regions previously thought to show differences based on sex, variability is more common than consistency.
