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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (1890- )
By: Rachel Gur-Arie
| Published: Jun 21, 2014
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is a non-profit research institution that specializes in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, quantitative…
OrganizationWatson, James D., 1928-EugenicsBacteriophagesBrenner, Sydney
Vegas Baby (2016)
By: Jessica Cartwright
| Published: Jun 03, 2019
In 2016, Runaway Films released the documentary Vegas Baby. The film, directed by Amanda Micheli, follows three women who struggle with infertility…
LiteratureLas Vegas Valley (Nev.)Fertilization in VitroInfertilityInfertility, Female
Woman’s Right to Know Act in Texas (2003)
By: Richa Venkatraman
| Published: Jul 15, 2021
In 2003, the Texas state legislature passed the Woman’s Right to Know Act, hereafter the Act, as Chapter 171 of the state’s Health and Safety Code.…
LawAbortionAbortion servicesAmerican Civil Liberties UnionFreedom of Speech
John George Children (1777–1852)
By: Brittany Kaminsky
| Published: Mar 25, 2018
John George Children described several species of insects and animals while working at the British Museum in London, England, in the eighteenth and…
Electric batteriesPythons
A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery, (1752-1764) by William Smellie
By: Yvette Tran
| Published: Jul 23, 2017
A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery is a three volume collection of patient accounts that William Smellie published from 1752 to 1764…
MidwivesObstetrical ForcepsChildbirthObstetricsLabor (Obstetrics)
A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery (1752-1764), by William Smellie
By: Yvette Tran
| Published: May 04, 2017
A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery is a three volume collection of patient accounts that William Smellie published from 1752 to 1764…
LiteratureMidwivesObstetrical ForcepsChildbirthObstetrics
Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination in Reptiles
By: Karla T. Moeller
| Published: Feb 01, 2013
The sex of a reptile embryo partly results from the production of sex hormones during development, and one process to produce those hormones depends…
Sex DifferentiationReproductionAdaptationfetal developmentEmbryology
Katharine McCormick (1876-1967)
By: Aliya Buttar
| Published: Nov 08, 2007
Katharine Dexter McCormick, who contributed the majority of funding for the development of the oral contraceptive pill, was born to Josephine and…
PeopleContraceptionethicsReproductionReproductive Rights
Margaret Higgins Sanger (1879-1966)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy, Malladi Lakshmeeramya
| Published: Oct 13, 2016
Margaret Higgins Sanger advocated for birth control in the United States and Europe during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.…
Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaBirth ControlContraceptionReproductive RightsArizona