female

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Where the former implemented carefully considered, brief glimpses of its female lead to shade her character’s textures, “Obsession” stops caring about Nikki the moment her silhouette is completed.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

Two neighborhoods treated by the Greater Los Angeles Vector Control District saw a more than 80% reduction in the female Aedes aegypti population in 2024 and 2025.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

The genetic profiling revealed that female belugas regularly switch mates across breeding seasons, also over a long reproductive life.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

More recently, researchers in Germany have investigated the genetics of female pattern hair loss, which typically involves hair loss at the top of the head.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

“She not only recruited the first Black American to be launched into space, Guion Bluford Jr., but also Sally Ride, the first female American astronaut.”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas