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Topic: Sperms

Traces of microplastics found in testicular tissue of humans, could harm reproductive health

For the study, published in Toxicological Sciences, researchers from University of New Mexico tested 23 human testes, and 47 testes from dogs, finding alarming levels of microplastics.

Men are ready to use male contraception methods but govts, pharma sector are big barriers

17 million men in the U.S. who are looking for new methods of contraception to prevent unintended pregnancies.

Reason behind Jupiter’s high temperature & how Stonehenge survived the test of time

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Don’t worry, men. You may not be losing sperm count, Harvard-MIT study says

Harvard-MIT study says earlier research indicating alarming dip in sperm counts may not have been comprehensive since they didn't factor in women, environment, nutrition.

Sperm count in men has fallen by over 50% in 40 years. Who is to blame?

Men could have little or no reproductive capacity from 2060 onwards. These are shocking claims, but they’re backed by a growing body of evidence.

‘Want to raise surrogate child’, says man who moved HC seeking custody of dead son’s sperm

On 19 January, the court dismissed man's plea seeking to collect the preserved sperm of the dead son. The judge said only the deceased's wife has the right over it.

Father doesn’t have ‘fundamental right’ to dead son’s sperm — What Calcutta HC ruling says

Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya dismisses man's plea seeking custody of his deceased son's sperm, & notes that deceased's wife is the only living person with any right to it. Read full judgement here.

Only widow has right to husband’s sperm, says Calcutta High Court

Dismissing a man's plea seeking to collect the frozen sperm of dead son, the HC said the person doesn't have any 'fundamental right' to it merely by the fact of being his father.

World’s oldest sperm is around 100 million years old, and is trapped in amber

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week.

Sperms don’t swim — scientists have been wrong for the last 350 years

To monitor sperm movement, we set up a super-fast camera capable of recording over 55,000 pictures in one second mounted on a fast oscillating stage.

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Why SIR is an exclusionary exercise for Persons with Disabilities

In the ongoing SIR 2.0 exercise, nearly half of the 90 lakh registered PwD voters in India were affected, showed an RTI application.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.