Anna Wintour, 75 steps down as Vogue editor-in-chief after 37 years, but will retain control of storied magazine CNN - June 26, 2025
Although she'll exit the US edition's top role, she is not leaving Conde Nast or Vogue altogether, but scaling back her duties. She will remain on Vogue's global editorial director as well as Conde Nast's global chief content officer, according to Vogue.
Ancient 'female-centered' society thrived 9,000 years ago in proto-city in Turkey
Genetic analysis of skeletons buried in a Neolithic proto-city in Turkey reveals that female lineages were important in early agricultural societies. Ancient DNA from Stone Age burials in Turkey has finally put to rest a decades-long debate about whether the 9,000-year-old proto-city of Çatalhöyük was a matriarchal society. The research finally confirms what experts have long suspected: Women and girls were key figures in this agricultural society.
Women likely ruled in Stone Age China, DNA analysis of 4,500-year-old skeletons reveals Live Science - June 23, 2025
Genetic analysis of 60 people buried in a Stone Age cemetery has revealed two clans headed by women that spanned 10 generations.
Nubia - Marks on 4,000-year-old skeletons reveal that Bronze Age women in Nubia were carrying goods and young children on their heads using tumplines, a type of head strap that can hold a basket Live Science - April 8, 2025
Researchers made the finding in Sudan after analyzing the remains of 30 people (14 females and 16 males) buried in a Nubian Bronze Age cemetery. One, an elite woman who was around 50 years old when she died, had the clearest marks indicative of head straps. This is the "first clear evidence that women were using head straps - tumplines - to carry loads as early as the Bronze Age.
Study on World's Oldest Woman Confirms How to Live Past 100 Science Alert - March 20, 2025
When Catalonian Maria Branyas died in August 2024 at the grand old age of 117 years and 168 days, she was officially the world's oldest living person. To determine how Maria managed to collect so many birthdays, a team led by researchers from the Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute in Spain conducted a comprehensive analysis on everything from her genes to her proteins to her microbiome to her metabolism.
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Women and girls are on the front line of climate change - but their stories are seldom heard PhysOrg - March 10, 2025
Women and girls are disproportionately affected by the climate crisis. They are more likely to suffer health consequences as a result of floods, droughts, heat waves, air pollution, wildfires and other environmental disasters. At the same time, women also tend to be responsible for securing food, water and energy for the rest of their families. When extreme weather makes these resources scarce, their lives and livelihoods are at risk.
A Hidden Awakening in The Brain May Explain Why Females Age Slower Science Alert - March 10, 2025
The 'silent' X chromosome within female brains may not be so silent after all. A new study has found evidence in both mice and humans that as we age, 'sleeping' X chromosomes can be 'awakened' in brain cells critical to learning and memory.
Behind every great woman in science, there's another great woman in science Nature - March 5, 2025
To mark International Women's Day on 8 March, six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others.
The Women Who Wanted to Leave Their Husbands Over Politics Slate - March 4, 2025
Women and the November 2024 US Presidential election when Trump won.
Menopause symptoms associated with future memory and neuropsychiatric problems Medical Express - March 5, 2025
Women who exhibit more menopausal symptoms are more likely to later have poorer cognitive function and mild behavioral impairments—both markers of dementia. That is the conclusion of a study of 896 postmenopausal females
New STI impacts 1 in 3 women: Study reveals men are the missing link Medical Express - March 5, 2025
A study reveals that bacterial vaginosis (BV), a condition affecting nearly a third of women worldwide and causing infertility, premature births and newborn deaths, is in fact a sexually transmitted infection (STI), paving the way for a revolution in how it is treated.
Many Americans unaware of links between HPV and cancers, poll reveals Medical Express - March 4, 2025
Most people don't know much about HPV and its long-term cancer risks, and also have key misperceptions about how the virus is spread, the poll found. For example, the majority of people are unaware that the virus is more common among men than women, and is associated with rising rates of cancers that directly impact men.
2,000-year-old RSVP: A birthday invitation from the Roman frontier that has the earliest known Latin written by a woman Live Science - February 28, 2025
This wooden tablet is the earliest known example of Latin writing by a woman, Claudia Severa, who invited her good friend Sulpicia Lepidina to her birthday party. The invitation was found at the Roman fort of Vindolanda, where oxygen-free soil helped preserve numerous organic artifacts, including shoes and camping equipment, that normally would have disintegrated over time.
Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centered on women PhysOrg - January 15, 2025
They retrieved over 50 ancient genomes from a set of burial grounds in Dorset, southern England, in use before and after the Roman Conquest of AD 43.
Iron Age DNA Reveals Women Dominated Pre-Roman Britain Science Alert - January 17, 2025
Around 2,000 years ago, before the Roman Empire conquered Great Britain, women were at the very front and center of Iron Age society. Researchers have sequenced the genomes of around 50 Celtic Britons buried together in southern England and uncovered strong evidence of female-line descent.