Accordingtoscientists.“It?sapparentthatthemajorityofthemicroplasticsinthesnowcomesfromthe air.”Theyfalloffplasticobjectsandaremovedby thewind,justlikedust. 3 Findingtheseplastics inArcticsnow meansthatwemaybreathethem in.Anevenhigheramountof microplastic was foundinthesnowaroundcities. Thehighconcentrationsfou...
More recent research casts further doubt on the rapid-onset theory. Gender dysphoria often first appears during adolescence, but it can take more than a decade before a person shares that information. editorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable,...
So many women are navigating the harrowing transition from ~if you let a man within three feet of you, you will get pregnant and your life will be over~ to ~on the third full moon of the year on a breezeless night, you have a 2 percent chance of conceiv
As adolescence and young adulthood are periods of increased presentation of mental health disorders, including those that are female-specific such as premenstrual dyspho- ric disorder and catemenial epilepsy, it will be imperative to better identify and delineate interactions between adolescent brain ...
While eating disorders (EDs) are more commonly diagnosed in females, there is growing awareness that men also experience EDs and may do so in a different way. Difficulties with emotion processing and emotion regulation are believed to be important in EDs
we opted for a manual approach that gives agency to teens. Finally, teens were in control over whether they wanted to include their parents in the final interview and what information from SleepBeta they wanted to disclose. Hence, whilst adolescence is sometimes seen as time of storm and stres...
In Rwanda, only 20% of sexually active unmarried young women use family planning as compared to 64% of married women. Adolescence is an important time of growth and development that often includes the initiation of sexual activity. Sexually active adoles
Maybe in childhood, maybe in adolescence, maybe later. At some point, rather than learning and growing, their maturation process stunted and stalled. Roots of bitterness and anger sprang up in them. On the surface they may have many, if not most, of the same attractive qualities of your he...
In terms of physical growth, the former orphans did show remarkable catch-up growth in height in the first year after adoption, but had slow growth during the rest of their childhood and adolescence. The former orphans had permanent growth stunting in adulthood due largely to that slow growth ...
Before getting into gender nonconformity, it helps to be clear about what gender is. People often use the terms "sex" and "gender" interchangeably, but they're not the same thing. Sex is a group ofbiological traitslinked to reproduction. It refers to a person's reproductive organs and fun...