Want more sex? Split the household chores
Couples who share housework report a notable benefit beyond sparkling dishes and clean floors: more action in the bedroom.
Social Sciences
Aug 3, 2016
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News tagged with sex life
Why do women live longer than men?
Women live longer than men. This simple statement holds a tantalizing riddle that Steven Austad, Ph.D., and Kathleen Fischer, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham explore in a perspective piece published in Cell ...
Other
Jun 14, 2016
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It's raining men! Sweden sees historic gender balance shift
Famous for its efforts to put women on an equal footing with men, Sweden is experiencing a gender balance shift that has caught the country by surprise: For the first time since record-keeping began in 1749, it now has more ...
Social Sciences
May 30, 2016
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Blurred lines: Human sex chromosome swapping occurs more often than previously thought
It turns out that the rigid "line in the sand" over which the human sex chromosomes—-the Y and X—- go to avoid crossing over is a bit blurrier than previously thought. Contrary to the current scientific consensus, Arizona ...
Biotechnology
Mar 23, 2016
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New study suggests fair division of chores leads to better sex life
Looking for more and better sex? If you're a man, you might consider doing the dishes once in a while.
Social Sciences
Nov 2, 2015
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Sex among eukaryotes is far more common than once believed
(Phys.org)—For a long time, biologists have considered sex to be an inherent trait of multicellular life, while microbial eukaryotes were considered to be either optionally sexual or purely clonal. From this perspective, ...
What fish ears can tell us about sex, surveillance and sustainability
Scientists at the University of Southampton have found a way to pry into the private lives of fish - by looking in their ears.
Plants & Animals
Jun 15, 2015
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Darwin note, early Apple computer being auctioned
A letter by Charles Darwin on the sex life of barnacles and a still-working vintage Apple computer—one of only 50 made in Steve Jobs' garage in 1976—are among the unique pieces of science history up for auction this month.
Business
Oct 9, 2014
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Molecular evolution of genetic sex-determination switch in honeybees
It's taken nearly 200 years, but scientists in Arizona and Europe have teased out how the molecular switch for sex gradually and adaptively evolved in the honeybee.
Plants & Animals
Dec 30, 2013
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Inheritance of lifespan is sex-dependent in fruit flies
Like mother, like daughter; like father, like son. Evolutionary biologists at the universities in Bielefeld and Uppsala (Sweden) have now shown that this proverb also applies to inheriting a long life – at least for fruit ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 13, 2013
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