Technology’s many automated female voices are nothing if not helpful. By Susan Dominus Artwork by Yehwan Song Susan Dominus is a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine and the author of the ...

Photograph by Christian Ziegler By banding together in coalitions—meaning groups of two or more animals, but usually three to five—female bonobos both reduce the danger posed by males and ...

Transgender women will no longer be permitted to take part in female competitions with immediate effect, England's cricket bosses have said. The change in law was prompted by a UK Supreme Court ...

Ever been told to "just plug the male end into the female port" and suddenly felt like you missed a day in tech class and health class? You're not alone. Despite the oddly anatomical terminology ...

For the first time since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963, a spacecraft will fly with only women aboard. Blue Origin’s all-female spaceflight crew, which includes ...

While the genre is often perceived as male-dominated, female rappers have been integral to its development since the beginning. In an industry that historically marginalized women’s ...

The topic of female-only gym spaces has always been one of hot debate but the owners of two training studios have revealed why it’s so important. Diana Johnson and Felicia Oreb, who now own ...

Fifteen-year-old Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow, who killed a teacher and a student at a Wisconsin Christian school on Tuesday, is a remarkably rare case of a female shooter, according to law ...

Data shows that female shooters — at schools and in general — are relatively rare. An FBI review of active-shooter incidents from 2000 to 2019 found that of the 345 total perpetrators ...