Researchers have analyzed 153 court rulings that include descriptions of the victims' behavior prior to the rape.

The study was based on 2054 rape case rulings from Norwegian courts of appeal between 2013 and 2023 .

The findings showed defendants in cases where the victim is described in accordance with the IRMAS-SAFI questionnaire receive lighter sentences.

Rape myths suggest that certain behavior implies an invitation for sexual activity.

The NTNU study is the only quantitative Norwegian study that investigates—and shows—a correlation between rape myths and sentencing.

It highlights cases where the victim and the defendant are not aligned with the common perceptions we tend to have of them.

Not being believed in a rape case can make an already distressing process even harder for victims.

About two-thirds of teens say they have between one and four close friends.

About half of teens who have at least one close friend ( 49% ) say all of their friends are the same gender as them.

There are no major differences between teen boys and girls in the number of friends they have or the gender makeup of their circles.

Mice that received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in the same limb (ipsilateral) had a faster initial antibody response in the weeks after vaccination compared to those whose vaccines were administered in different limbs (contralateral) Both vaccination approaches resulted in similar antibody development or immunity levels.

Study of 1,500 people from the US and Europe found that nostalgia drives people to maintain social networks.

Nostalgia is when people reflect wistfully upon fond and meaningful experiences from their past.

These often include memories of happy times with close friends or relatives.

Those with low levels of nostalgia had 18 per cent fewer close relationships.

One in five U.K. workers ( 6.64 million ) mainly work from home.

85% of disabled workers surveyed feel that access to remote and hybrid working is very important or essential.

One in three disabled workers ( 30% ) who are already working in a hybrid way want to spend more of their work time working at home.

The sdtudy calls on the government to increase the visibility of remote and hybrid working opportunities.

Strengthen disabled workers' ability to access remote work as a reasonable adjustment.

Reform the Department for Work and Pensions Access to Work service.

Overhaul the Disability Confident Scheme and align with the proposed Equality Bill .

Study examined data from 273 vertebrate species, analyzing diets, average plasma sugar levels and cancer prevalence.

Birds, despite their high blood sugar, have lower cancer rates than mammals and reptiles.

Primary carnivores are more prone to tumors than herbivores, especially when domestication is considered.

Study suggests some species have evolved biological defenses against cancer.

Birds may have evolved unique cancer defenses, potentially related to their high metabolic rate, reliance on fat metabolism over glucose, and cellular adaptations that limit oxidative damage.

Understanding these adaptations could provide valuable insights into how species evolve natural cancer defenses.

For now, the best advice for humans remains consistent with public health recommendations: Eat a balanced diet, avoid excessive processed and red meat, and manage blood sugar through a healthy lifestyle.

The NISAR satellite will provide a powerful data stream that could help farmers in the U.S. and around the world.

The satellite will have the resolution to see small plots of farmland, but a potentially more meaningful benefit will come from its broad, frequent coverage of agricultural regions.

The high-resolution data on which crops are present and how well they are growing could feed into agricultural productivity forecasts.

"Resource managers thinking about food security and where resources need to go are going to be able to use this sort of data to have a holistic view of their whole region," said Rowena Lohman , an Earth sciences researcher at Cornell University in Ithaca , New York , and soil moisture lead on the NISAR science team. Provided by NASA .

Some 200,000 Afghans left behind during the 2021 U.S. withdrawal are now left in further limbo by the Trump administration's refugee program suspension.

Nick Schifrin is PBS NewsHour’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent.

He leads NewsHour 's daily foreign coverage, including multiple trips to Ukraine since the invasion.

BERLIN ( Reuters ) -The World Health Organisation (WHO) welcomed a declaration by Tanzania on the end of the deadly Marburg virus outbreak, saying on Thursday that close collaboration had been key to the response. "Close collaboration with national authorities and support by WHO and partners as well as the dedication of frontline teams were pivotal in rapidly scaling up the response to protect the population and halt the spread of the virus," said the WHO African Region on social media platform X. (Writing by Madeline Chambers , Editing by Friederike Heine ).

Pope Francis has begun his 28th consecutive day in hospital on the 12th anniversary of when he was elected pope in 2013 .

A chest X-ray performed on Tuesday confirmed improvements recorded over the past few days .

Pope continues to undergo high-flow oxygen therapy during the day and noninvasive mechanical ventilation during his night rest.