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Following the report by Dame Sarah Atherton, external, the Ministry of Defence brought out a new version of its latest body armour adapted for female troops in 2022.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
She was the first Irish female actor to win an Academy Award.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Male sacrificial victims were concentrated near the East Gate, while female sacrificial remains were found in elite cemeteries including Huangchengtai and Hanjiagedan.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
While the San Dimas rescue personnel sometimes used “she” to refer to the eagle, they clarified it could be male or female.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
After that, over thirty more memoirs were published by female aviators between 1957 and 1989.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
It occurs more often in males than females, and the median age at diagnosis is 64.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
First, the females bury themselves halfway in the sand with only their heads sticking out and lay their eggs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Researchers collected 20 bracken stems bearing scars left by females as they deposited eggs inside the plant tissue.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
An overwhelming majority of applicants were young, with eight out of 10 younger than 45 years old, while 57 percent of the total were males against 43 percent for females.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Less benevolently, he might monopolise particularly coveted foods and prevent lower-ranking males from mating with the females.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
