News tagged with female candidates

Sorry no news is found ... Your search criteria may have been too narrow. You can quickly re-sort the news in different ways by clicking on the tabs at the top of this page.




Search results for female candidates


Study suggests women CEOs face a 'green ceiling' in attracting IPO investors

When it comes to a company’s critical stock market debut, investors are less likely to trust their money to an enterprise led by a female CEO, a University of Utah researcher says.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Desperate fishwives

Breeding is on their minds as the mating season draws to an end. Guys drop dead by the hour, making goby girls go all out in their hunt for a mate to father their offspring.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Courtship in the cricket world

Everyone wants to present themselves in the best light - especially when it comes to finding a partner. Some rely on supplying honest information about their attributes while others exaggerate for good effect. A new study ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Adam's rib, revisited: Evolutionary divergence of mammalian sex chromosomes

(Phys.org) -- Males and females... Mars and Venus... XY and XX chromosomes -- all are common memes. At the same time, the evolution of therian (placental and marsupial) sex chromosomes is less widely understood. ...

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (14) | comments 18 | with audio podcast feature

Promiscuous queen bees maintain genetic diversity

By mating with nearly 100 males, queen bees on isolated islands avoid inbreeding and keep colonies healthy.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Picky females promote survival and diversity, new research says

(PhysOrg.com) -- Picky females play a critical role in the survival and diversity of species, according to a Nature study by researchers from the University of British Columbia and the International Instit ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Voters favor deep-voiced politicians: study

Candidates with lower-pitched voices may get more votes in the 2012 election.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Women central part of pre-colonial Maya society

(PhysOrg.com) -- Contrary to popular belief, women played a central role in Maya society before the arrival of Spanish explorers in the early 16th century, a University of California, Riverside, graduate student has discovered.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Study extends the 'ecology of fear' to fear of parasites

(PhysOrg.com) -- Here’s a riddle: What’s the difference between a tick and a lion? The answer used to be that a tick is a parasite and the lion is a predator. But now those definitions don’t ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Incoming college students more liberal on hot-button political, social issues, survey finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- First-year college students' political and social views shifted in a more liberal direction in 2011, according to the CIRP Freshman Survey, UCLA's annual survey of the nation's entering students at four-year ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


List of search results for female candidates