sterilization
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In females, several forms of sterilization were associated with longer lives, suggesting that the benefit comes from avoiding the intense physical demands of pregnancy, nursing, and reproductive cycling.
From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026
When the time comes, these words from Ms. Antonetta will merit consideration: “Programs of euthanasia and sterilization don’t just live in the past, terrible but finished. Their aftershocks are terrible and here.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
The conservancy “should be attempting every possible alternative before resorting to their eradication,” Hahn said, pointing to expanded hunting seasons, relocation and sterilization.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025
Power outages are common, and many hospitals run short of nursing staff or consumables such as water and alcohol for sterilization.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 27, 2024
Dr. Knipling has pointed out that effective chemical insect sterilization “might easily outdo some of the best of known insecticides.”
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Microbiology - High School
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