What do fast-food restaurants have in common? Why are women more likely to become compulsive shoppers and men more likely to become addicted to pornography? Why do men's testosterone levels rise when they drive expensive ...
Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2011
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Closely contested major sporting events are followed by a significant increase in traffic fatalities for fans of the winning team, according to new research from North Carolina State University. It turns out there may be ...
Economics & Business
Mar 8, 2011
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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have identified components in pomegranate juice that both inhibit the movement of cancer cells and weaken their attraction to a chemical signal that promotes the metastasis ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 12, 2010
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A study of chimpanzees has revealed that dominant animals with higher testosterone levels tend to suffer from an increased burden of parasites. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal BioPsychoSocial Medicine ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 9, 2010
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Too much testosterone can be a deal breaker, according to Sauder School of Business researchers at the University of British Columbia. Their paper, to be published in the INFORMS journal Management Science on September 10, ...
Economics & Business
Sep 8, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The size of the black breast bib - the badge - and bill colour of male House Sparrows change over the course of the year. Such ornaments usually signal quality and dominance of a male to his conspecifics ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 4, 2010
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Do nice guys finish last, or will the meek inherit the earth? A new study published in The American Naturalist suggests that, at least for birds, the right answer is somewhere in between.
Plants & Animals
May 13, 2010
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A field study of the relationship between testosterone and natural selection in an American songbird, the dark-eyed junco, has defied some expectations and confirmed others.
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland research suggests that the presence of a beautiful woman can lead men to throw caution to the wind.
Social Sciences
Mar 1, 2010
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Atrazine, one of the world's most widely used pesticides, wreaks havoc with the sex lives of adult male frogs, emasculating three-quarters of them and turning one in 10 into females, according to a new study by University ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 1, 2010
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