(PhysOrg.com) -- In what can only be described as cosmic forces at work, Japanese scientists working at Yokohama University, just south of Tokyo, have in the midst of a national crises, announced a major breakthrough in fertility ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the National Autonomous University of Mexico suggests women navigate more efficiently than men in some circumstances, even though previous studies have shown that in general men score higher ...
In women, a low resting heart rate is associated with a slightly raised incidence of criminal offending as well as unintentional injuries, in a large all-female study published March 27 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE ...
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Mar 27, 2024
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Watching someone cry often evokes an emotional response—but according to a new study published Thursday, human tears themselves contain a chemical signal that reduces brain activity linked to aggression.
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Dec 25, 2023
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It's a familiar story to many of us: In prehistoric times, men were hunters and women were gatherers. Women were not physically capable of hunting because their anatomy was different from men. And because men were hunters, ...
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Oct 20, 2023
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People in countries that value masculine traits are more likely to overestimate their navigation abilities, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
Social Sciences
Aug 7, 2023
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In an analysis of more than 5,000 people, frequently working in teams was associated with a greater tendency for women and white men to put in extra effort at work, while other links between job conditions and effort varied ...
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Aug 2, 2023
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The persistent gender gap in voting for Democrats versus Republicans is, in part, because a higher proportion of women than men voters are Black and because Black voters have historically voted overwhelmingly Democratic, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 12, 2023
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Women researchers received substantially less funding in grant awards than men—an average of about $342,000 compared to men's $659,000, according to a large meta-analysis of studies on the topic.
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May 3, 2023
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For most people around the world, physical work takes up a great amount of time and energy every day. But what determines whether it is men or women who are working harder in households? In most hunter-gatherer societies, ...
Social Sciences
Jan 10, 2023
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