World Athletics approves cheek swabs to determine if athlete is biologically female | Athletics News

World Athletics has approved the introduction of mandatory cheek swabbing to determine an athlete’s gender, with the organisation’s president Sebastian Coe saying the decision was taken to “doggedly” protect the female category. It is understood World Athletics’ intention is to have the testing in place for athletes wanting to compete in the female category at … Read more

Nonprofit Science Advocacy Group Calls for Retraction of Intimate Partner Violence Study for Which More Than 100 Young Female Animals Were Strangled and Killed

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a national nonprofit medical ethics and health advocacy group of 17,000 physicians, has requested the retraction of a research study published in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity for which dozens of adolescent rats were subjected to traumatic brain injuries, inflicted by a metal plate propelled … Read more

Americas Finalists and Winners Announced

Hydrosome Labs – a Chicago-based start-up that uses a natural, chemical-free microbubble process to enhance fermentation performance – has taken the top spot in the first heat of the Global Food Tech Awards 2025. This innovative food tech start-up has developed a groundbreaking technology utilizing ultrafine bubbles and nanobubbles to improve precision fermentation capacity and … Read more

Signal Gains Popularity Over WhatsApp in Android Rankings: What Does It Mean?

The Rising Popularity of Signal Over WhatsApp: What It Means for Privacy and Communication In the ever-evolving landscape of digital communication, privacy has taken center stage. These days, Signal—a messaging app that prides itself on its robust privacy features—is steadily leaving WhatsApp behind in the Android rankings. This shift is more than a mere statistic; … Read more

New San Siro: Smaller Stadium, More for the Super-Rich

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