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  2. A Meteorologist Weighs in on the Science Behind 'Twisters'

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    "In the original Twister, the idea of putting these Dorothy sensor balls into a tornado is completely science fiction, but it inspired a generation of people to want to do scientific research on ...

  3. Gender - Wikipedia

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    Controversial sexologist John Money coined the term gender role, [41] [42] and was the first to use it in print in a scientific trade journal in 1955. [43] [44] In the seminal 1955 paper, he defined it as "all those things that a person says or does to disclose himself or herself as having the status of boy or man, girl or woman." [45]

  4. Twisters (film) - Wikipedia

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    The agency added that its contribution to scientific accuracy was only reflected "in some parts" of the film. A scientific review in The New York Times pointed out impossibilities with the film's mechanism for dissipating tornadoes, observing that the method suggested would require many tons of the chemicals used and require a much longer ...

  5. Sex–gender distinction - Wikipedia

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    The term gender is sometimes used by linguists to refer to social gender as well as grammatical gender. [83] Some languages, such as German or Finnish, have no separate words for sex and gender. German, for example, uses "Biologisches Geschlecht" for biological sex, and "Soziales Geschlecht" for gender when making this distinction. [ 84 ]

  6. How many genders are there? Experts break it down - AOL

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    Gender is a term that relates to how we feel about ourselves, the way we choose to express our gender through makeup, dresses, high heels, athletic shorts, sneakers, and more,” she explains.

  7. Twister game once too 'sexy' for Sears - AOL

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    Twister is one of the most recognizable games in the country -- we all have familiar memories of flicking the spinner and placing a foot or hand on whatever color the peg lands on. Apparently, the ...

  8. List of gender identities - Wikipedia

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    X-gender; X-jendā [49] Xenogender [22] [50] can be defined as a gender identity that references "ideas and identities outside of gender". [27]: 102 This may include descriptions of gender identity in terms of "their first name or as a real or imaginary animal" or "texture, size, shape, light, sound, or other sensory characteristics". [27]: 102

  9. Sex verification in sports - Wikipedia

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    Sex verification in sports (also known as gender verification, or as gender determination or a sex test) occurs because eligibility of athletes to compete is restricted whenever sporting events are limited to a single sex, which is generally the case, as well as when events are limited to mixed-sex teams of defined composition (e.g., most pairs ...