News tagged with male counterpart

When it comes to drinking, college men not looking for a 'girl gone wild'

College women may be drinking to excess to impress their male counterparts on campuses across the country, but a new study suggests most college men are not looking for a woman to match them drink for drink.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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If the market decides what stockbrokers earn, why are women on Wall Street earning less?

The recent excesses of Wall Street may be big news but behind the headlines there's another story: When it comes to men and women stockbrokers, someone is taking home a bigger paycheck.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 8

Female terrorists' bios belie stereotypes, study finds

Much like their male counterparts, female terrorists are likely to be educated, employed and native residents of the country where they commit a terrorist act, according to new research published by the American Psychological ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Big-mouthed babies drove the evolution of giant island snakes

Some populations of tiger snakes stranded for thousands of years on tiny islands surrounding Australia have evolved to be giants, growing to nearly twice the size of their mainland cousins. Now, new research ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

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

Educated women do more paid work than in the 1970s

The time diaries of working age men and women in the UK reveal that women in the 2000s who went to college or university spent more time doing paid work and did less housework compared with similarly educated ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hawks win, doves pay for being odd

(Phys.org) -- In a crowd, looking different can be dangerous, at least if you’re a pigeon.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

European dung-fly females all aflutter for large males

European and North American black scavenger flies – also called dung flies as their larvae develop in the feces of vertebrates and thus break them down – belong to the same species. Nevertheless, ...

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High school math teachers may not make the grade when it comes to gender bias

Do some high school teachers think math is harder for girls than boys? The authors of a new study say yes.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Fly research gives insight into human stem cell development and cancer

Stem cells provide a recurring topic among the scientific presentations at the Genetics Society of America's 53rd Annual Drosophila Research Conference, March 7-11 at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers. Specifically, resear ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study: We're getting less friendly on Facebook

(AP) -- Whether it's pruning friends lists, removing unwanted comments or restricting access to their profiles, Americans are getting more privacy-savvy on social networks, a new report found.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 10


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