Interesting news in genetics

[lila-pelham.livejournal.com]

A recent news story suggests that genetic sex isn't as fixed as once thought in mammals.

EDIT: I have learned to never copy and paste href text... corrected the link label.

EDIT: In response to some of the comments: Here's the link to the original article summary published in "Cell". You can read the full article with the links on the right if your interested in the science.

Trigger words

[awfulduet.livejournal.com]

As the topic of "trigger" words comes up repeatedly, I was wondering:

Does anyone have a list of these "trigger" words for future reference? The last thing I'd want to do is "trigger" someone and a list would help with that. Thanks!

Oh Geeze...

[cykotyks.livejournal.com]

LJ is going to be requiring the "gender" field to be filled out, and they're removing the "unspecified" option.

Details and information here.