When I asked Manisha to describe her gender identity, she gave a simple answer: “Meh.”
“I don’t have a gender identity,” Manisha explained. “I get that other people look at me and see a woman but, for myself, there’s a blank space where my gender ‘should’ be. My gender is ‘none.’”
Manisha’s response didn’t shock me....
Opening my social media feed, I’m often confronted with a jarring contrast: intense, diametrically opposed perspectives from different friends. The comments can be laced with insult, character attack and invective.
I’m certainly not the only one noticing this kind of vitriolic polarization. Recent polling suggests a majority of Americans...
A newly discovered protein[1] from Earth’s toughest animal is inspiring breakthrough therapies for cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Tardigrades, often called water bears or moss piglets, are microscopic creatures that can survive just about anything[2]: boiling heat, freezing cold and crushing pressure. In fact, tardigrades are the only known...
Interest in the Moon[1] has been high – just in the past two years there have been[2] 12 attempts to send missions to the Moon[3], nearly half of which private companies undertook. With so much activity, it’s important to start thinking about coordination and safety.
To some, this concern may seem premature. About 10 to 20 missions[4]...