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since 2013, the social enterprise has repurposed over 2 million plastic bags, 800,000 plastic bottles, and 800 car tires into sustainable fashion. The post women refugees upcycle plastic waste into apparel for egyptian fashion brand up-fuse appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
UK-wide survey conducted by Electrifying.com and The AA reveals fewer than one in ten women believe their next car will be electric 61% of women say they feel less confident at […] The post IWD: Falling support for EV adoption among women appeared first on ShinyShiny.
American fashion brand Kith has returned to the location of its first Manhattan flagship to open a women-dedicated store, in which olive trees grow up through display podiums. Read more
February 11 marks International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a United Nations initiative to both celebrate groundbreaking talent in their respective fields and to recognize ongoing gender-based challenges.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: STEM, Women, women-in-science, Physics, Materials, sustainable design, Engineering, Genetics, Cancer, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, University of Ca
Almost 25 years since scientists first identified the difference in anesthetic sensitivity between males and females, new research suggests that sex hormones make men more responsive to this state of unconsciousness – and women far less so.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: University of Pennsylvania, Anesthetic, Anesthesia, Hormone, Sex, Surgery
Tech diversity champions Code First Girls have today launched their Mid-Level Accelerator (MLA) course, aimed to develop and accelerate women’s technology careers.  Currently, women make up 19% of Information Technology […] The post Code First Girls aims to boost women in tech leadership roles appeared first on ShinyShiny.
Researchers have discovered that a chemical in the brain makes alcohol taste bitter to women and may explain the difference in drinking habits between the sexes. The discovery could pave the way for novel treatments to help women curb excessive alcohol use.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Alcohol, Taste, Women, Drinking, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
A new study has examined the most common warning signs associated with a deadly out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest and found that symptoms differ significantly between the sexes. The researchers hope their study will improve survival rates and educate people about when to call emergency services.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Cardiac, Emergency, Heart, Cedars-Sinai
Losing the ability to speak after a brain injury or due to disease leaves a person unable to express their thoughts, feelings and ideas, and can be incredibly isolating. In two recently published studies, researchers demonstrated how combining brain implants and AI gave two women – one paralyzed after a stroke, the other with a progressive neurodegenerative disorder – a voice.Continue ReadingCate
While there has been evidence of women hunting, these historical discoveries have been treated more as the exception than the rule. But it seems women not only actively hunted in most societies, but their involvement in that role among the society was on par with their male counterparts.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Hunting, Society, Culture


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