Tag: 40YEAR

04 JAN

Paine’s grim Starc admission after baffling 40-year worst

Australian captain Tim Paine says Mitchell Starc is down on confidence, but has backed him to bounce back after the struggling paceman claimed an unwanted place in the nation’s cricketing record books. Starc entered the second day against India at the SCG needing just one more dismissal to become the 17th Australian to claim 200 […]

24 MAR

Sweden to compensate transgender people for 40-year sterilization policy

Sweden will offer compensation to transgender people who were forced to undergo sterilization before being allowed to change their sex. The decision, approved by the country’s parliament, is a world first. The Nordic nation required forced sterilizations for people who desired a sex change from 1972 to 2013. Gay and transgender rights group RFSL estimates […]

19 SEP

A 40-year study finds Generation Z is avoiding sex, alcohol, and driving like never before

Roman Evgenev / Shutterstock.com Today’s teenagers don’t seem to care much about hitting the open road, scoring a six-pack with a fake ID, or asking their peers out on dates. According to a new study from psychologists Jean Twenge and Heejung Park, teenagers instead prefer to sit at home, say no to drugs and alcohol, and […]