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Noisy humans harm birds and affect breeding success: study
AFP, Published on 11/02/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Noise pollution is affecting bird behaviour across the globe, disrupting everything from courtship songs to the ability to find food and avoid predators, a large-scale new analysis showed on Wednesday.
Appetite-regulating hormones in focus as first Nobel Prizes fall
AFP, Published on 06/10/2025
» STOCKHOLM - Research into hormones that regulate appetite is seen leading the race for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, to be awarded Monday -- the first in this year's Nobel season.
In a political year, some deaths spoke to the struggles for democracy
The New York TImes, Published on 01/01/2025
» In a year saturated with politics in an ever more polarised world, where the obituary many feared they’d be reading would be that of democracy itself, one death seemed to encapsulate the historical moment we’re in: that of Alexei Navalny.
Grandma chimps offer clues for evolution of menopause in humans
AFP, Published on 27/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - Humans and some whales are the only known species in which females live long after they stop being able to reproduce.
Russian transgender people 'in total despair' over new bill
AFP, Published on 14/07/2023
» MOSCOW: "Nikolai", a 21-year-old transgender man, says he does not know how he can keep living in Russia after lawmakers moved to outlaw gender transitions.
Sweden curbs treatments for trans minors
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» STOCKHOLM: Sweden, the first country to introduce legal gender reassignment, has begun restricting gender reassignment hormone treatments for minors, as it, like many Western countries, grapples with the highly sensitive issue.
Ukraine's trans community caught in crosshairs of war
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Oleksandra has wanted to leave Ukraine since her home was bombed. But she can't, because her passport says she is a man, and can therefore be drafted into the army.
Dutch doctor says group will keep sending abortion pills to US women
AFP, Published on 16/05/2022
» WASHINGTON - Rebecca Gomperts, a 55-year-old Dutch physician, has spent years fighting for women's access to abortion around the world.
Myanmar rebels teach coup protesters how to make war
AFP, Published on 04/06/2021
» KAREN STATE, Myanmar: Nervous laughter breaks out in Myanmar's eastern jungle as a young man training to overthrow the junta is knocked backwards by the kick of a rifle he has just fired at a target painted on a tree.
Indian ants shrink their brain for a chance to become queen
Annie Rothx of the New York Times, Published on 14/04/2021
» NEW YORK: The Indian jumping ant, Harpegnathos saltator, has many talents. This inch-long arthropod, found in flood plains across India, has a 4-inch vertical leap and the ability to take down prey nearly twice its size. If that wasn’t enough, these amazing ants can also adjust the size of their own brains.