Biden Administration Opposes Surgery for Transgender Minors

The statement followed a report in The Times that a federal health official had urged the removal of age minimums from treatment guidelines for transgender minors. The statement followed a report in The Times that a federal health official had urged the removal of age minimums from treatment guidelines for transgender minors. Transgender, Surgery and Surgeons, Teenagers…

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Study explores what motivates people to watch footage of disasters and extreme weather

Extreme weather events such as hurricanes and storms have increased in both frequency and severity in recent years. With that has come heightened public interest, resulting in often dramatic footage being live-streamed on platforms such as YouTube, TikTok and Discord. Extreme weather events such as hurricanes and storms have increased in both frequency and severity in…

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Regulation needed to curb favoritism between countries and credit rating agencies, new research suggests

A country’s financial health is rated more highly when its finance minister knows top executives in credit ratings agencies, new research led by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh suggests. A country’s financial health is rated more highly when its finance minister knows top executives in credit ratings agencies, new research led by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh suggests. Economics…

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60-Million-Year-Old Grape Seeds Found in Colombia

Paleobotanists have described nine new species of the grape family Vitaceae on the basis of 60- to 19-million-year-old fossil seeds discovered in four Neotropical paleofloras. The post 60-Million-Year-Old Grape Seeds Found in Colombia appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.  Paleobotanists have described nine new species of the grape family Vitaceae on the basis of…

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An out-of-Africa story hiding in our DNA

“Who are we and where do we come from?” This quintessential question has intrigued humanity for millennia. Currently, the “Out-of-Africa (OOA) theory” is prevailingly accepted regarding the origin of modern humans, as a line of evidence indicates that Homo sapiens originated in Africa. “Who are we and where do we come from?” This quintessential question has…

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