A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news.
- A new reality show will shame women who had abortions.
- Where are all the female geniuses?
- 7 ways women are sexualized, stereotyped, or underrepresented in media.
- A history of disability.
- Can Viagra make better athletes?
- A small Colorado town’s big role in shaping the National Mall.
- Drinking tea used to be a reckless activity for Irish women.
- Wanted: 80 classroom teachers to help study Gullah slave descendants.
- Child-rearing tips for Will and Kate from monarchs past.
- The first book printed in British North America goes up for sale.
- A Princeton historian’s take on pseudoscience.
- “I am going to blow up the Kremlin,” says Napoleon.
- What exactly causes morning sickness?
- China’s terra cotta warriors held real weapons.
- History’s grossest medical treatments.