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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Gambia’s ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) since 2015 is under threat. Proposed changes before parliament could permit medicalized female genital cutting and allow it for consenting adults. This potential reversal has thrust the country into the global spotlight as the latest example of the backlash against gender equality. The … Read more

A woman walks past a pile of trash on a Manhattan street on March 19, 2024. New York City is iconic for its yellow taxis, pizza slices, bright lights on Broadway and its rats. Mountains of black garbage bags line cramped city sidewalks, a feast for the millions of rodents who call New York home. … Read more

Dust blown in from the Sahara creates a haze above the French riviera city of Nice, prompting air quality warnings. An exceptionally rare haze of Saharan dust cloaked Switzerland and southeastern France on Saturday, sparking health warnings as a yellow hue tinged the sky. The phenomenon, which began in Switzerland on Friday, brings with it … Read more

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An earthquake of magnitude 2.8 has been reported in southern Illinois, near the Missouri state line, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The earthquake was detected about 6:55 p.m. Thursday north of Germantown, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) east of St. Louis, at a depth of just over 14 miles (22.5 kilometers). … Read more

Minh Ha, assistive technology manager at the Perkins School for the Blind tries a LightSound device for the first time at the school’s library in Watertown, Mass., on March 2, 2024. As eclipse watchers look to the skies in April 2024, new technology will allow people who are blind or visually impaired to hear and … Read more

Motor vehicle traffic moves along the Interstate 76 highway in Philadelphia, March 31, 2021. The EPA on Friday, March 29, 2024, set new greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks, buses and other large vehicles, an action that officials said will clean up some of the nation’s largest sources of planet-warming pollution. Credit: AP Photo/Matt … Read more

(a) The ZK δ18O record, thin line indicates the raw data, thick line indicates 30-year means, and black line indicates the long-term trend. The numbers 1 to 4 indicate the four cooling events during the 7-9 thousands years ago. (b) The δ18O record after applying a 200-600 year band-pass filter to show the centennial-scale variability. … Read more

Methylmalonate semialdehyde dehydrogenase ALDH6A1 takes part in the vital catabolic process in mitochondrion. Credit: Science China Press ALDH6A1, a member of the ALDH family, plays a crucial role in the catabolic pathways of valine and thymine. Dysregulation of ALDH6A1 expression has been linked to a variety of diseases. Methylmalonate semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency (MMSDH deficiency), an … Read more

Photographic image of the multimode microscope. Credit: Advanced Devices & Instrumentation Versatility and miniaturization of imaging systems are of great importance in today’s information society. Microscopic imaging techniques have always been indispensable for scientific research and disease diagnosis in the biomedical field, which is also stepping towards the integration, portable, and multi-functions. The optical microscope … Read more