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Enovid: The First Hormonal Birth Control Pill
By: Aliya Buttar, Sheraden Seward
| Published: Jan 20, 2009
Enovid was the first hormonal birth control pill. G. D. Searle and Company began marketing Enovid as a contraceptive in 1960. The technology was…
TechnologyContraceptionReproductionReproductive Rights
Menopause
By: Megha Pillai
| Published: Aug 26, 2024
Menopause is defined as the point in time exactly twelve months after a female has had her last menstrual period, or shedding of the lining of the…
MenopausePremenopausepostmenopauseEstrogen Replacement TherapyHormone Replacement Therapy, Post-Menopausal
"Human Factor IX Transgenic Sheep Produced by Transfer of Nuclei from Transfected Fetal Fibroblasts" (1997), by Angelika E. Schnieke, et al.
By: Zane Bartlett
| Published: Aug 19, 2014
In the 1990s, researchers working at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland, performed cloning experiments in collaboration with PPL…
CloningChristmas FactorBlood coagulation factor IXRoslin InstituteWilmut, Ian
The Role of the Notch signaling pathway in Somitogenesis
By: Justin M. Wolter
| Published: Mar 23, 2014
Among other functions, the Notch signaling pathway contributes to the development of somites in animals. It involves a cell signaling mechanism with…
Notch genesNotch ProteinsReceptors, NotchNotch Receptors
"Testing the Kin Selection Theory: Who Controls the Investments?" from The Ants (1990), by Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson
By: Kelle Dhein
| Published: Apr 18, 2017
In “Testing the Kin Selection Theory: Who Controls the Investments?” Bert Hölldobler and Edward Osborne Wilson discussed the predictive power of kin…
LiteratureAntsAnimal behaviorReproductionNatural selection
Dissertation: Reducing Abortion Rates Without Restricting Legal Access to Abortion: Evidence from Comparative Analysis of Relevant Policies and Demographic Indicators in 15 Post-Soviet Countries and Adaptive Agent-Based Modeling of Unintended Pregnancies
By: Dina Ziganshina
| Published: Aug 26, 2024
Abortion is a controversial topic internationally. Most current debates about abortion concern when, if at all, it should be legal. However,…
Social ResearchLawComputer ScienceAbortionAbortion law
In the Womb: Identical Twins (2009), by National Geographic
By: Maggie Pingolt
| Published: Mar 08, 2012
National Geographic's documentary In the Womb: Identical Twins focuses on the prenatal development of human identical twins. Director Lorne Townend…
LiteratureTwinsDocumentary filmsTestosteroneMethylation
Fate Map
By: Corinne DeRuiter
| Published: Sep 08, 2010
Early development occurs in a highly organized and orchestrated manner and has long attracted the interest of developmental biologists and…
Cell Lineage
NuvaRing
By: Molly Jacobson
| Published: Oct 13, 2022
The NuvaRing is a self-administered hormonal contraceptive device in the form of a flexible plastic ring that is inserted into the vagina. It…
TechnologyContraceptivesContraceptives, VaginalContraceptives industryContraceptive drugs
Ernst Gräfenberg (1881–1957)
By: Baylee A. Edwards
| Published: Nov 17, 2022
Ernst Gräfenberg was a physician and researcher who studied sexology, the study of human sexuality, in both Germany and the United States during the…
G spotFemale orgasmGynecologySexology--ResearchWorld War, 1914-1918