Freemasons
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Scientists from the Robinson Research Institute, the School of Biomedicine, and the Freemasons Centre for Male Health and Wellbeing studied how space-like conditions affect sperm navigation, fertilization, and early embryo development.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026
He added that leaving the decision of whether to declare membership of the Freemasons to individual officers and staff on an "ad hoc basis" would not "achieve the object of maintaining or enhancing public trust".
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
A legal challenge against the Met Police over its decision to force staff to declare whether they are or have been Freemasons has been thrown out by a High Court judge.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
Freemasons wear symbolic aprons and progress through degrees of membership, with the phrase "giving someone the third degree" originating from its final stage of initiation.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
In the winter of 1807, thirteen like-minded souls in London got together at the Freemasons Tavern at Long Acre, in Covent Garden, to form a dining club to be called the Geological Society.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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