1. Here's the latest sign that sexism is alive and well: People fear hurricanes with male names more than they fear hurricanes with female names.
Storms with female names have historically killed more people because they neither consider them as risky nor take the same precautions, the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concludes.
2. But at least some females out there are getting respect. Death and Taxes tells the heartwarming story of "Bella, a female Sulawesi crested black macaque" who became upset when officials at the Durrell Wildlife Park moved a male macaque to a different area of the park. First, Bella snuck into the male's enclosure anyway. Then, things got serious when park staff installed an electric fence:
A lot of good the electric fence did considering that Bella managed to pull a total âMacGyverâ move by disarming the it with a wet piece of grass.
The staff then built a second electric enclosure, but Bella managed to disarm both of them by balancing a wet blade of grass across the two fences.
Unfortunately, this story doesn't have a happy ending for those who believe that love conquers all.
