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How menopause affects the brain — and what we still don't know
A new study shows that that menopause was associated with worse sleep, increased mental health problems and even changes within the brain itself.
5,500 years ago, a teenage girl was buried with her father's bones on her chest, new DNA study reveals
A novel DNA analysis of skeletons excavated from a Neolithic hunter-gatherer cemetery in Sweden has revealed surprising family relationships.
Did ancient Greeks let women compete in the Olympics?
The ancient Olympic games were crowded with male athletes, but were there opportunities for females to compete in sports?
Ash Pendant: The only known depiction of a pregnant Viking woman
The Ash Pendant was discovered in a Viking Age burial mound in Sweden and may have been used by a female shaman.
HPV vaccination drives cervical cancer rates down in both vaccinated and unvaccinated people
Researchers have found that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are highly effective at reducing cervical cancer-causing infections and can offer herd immunity, reinforcing previous research and highlighting the need for a global HPV vaccine rollout.
'The first author was a woman. She should be in the kitchen, not writing papers': Bias in STEM publishing still punishes women
"What is the hard evidence, beyond anecdote and suspicion, that unconscious bias impacts on women's careers? Increasing numbers of studies show, in many different guises, just how potent such bias can be."
Viking Age women may have wielded weapons when pregnant, sagas and ancient artifacts hint
Opinion Despite its central role in human history, pregnancy has often been overlooked in archaeology.
'If it was a man, we would say that's a warrior's grave': Weapon-filled burials are shaking up what we know about women's role in Viking society
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New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided about what that means.
