Male peacocks shake elaborate trains—a dazzling mating display—and male peacock spiders also dance, showing off brightly-colored abdomens. Nature's most bizarre and conspicuous displays often evolved to attract mates. ...
Evolution
Feb 6, 2023
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Many people enter into a monogamous romantic relationship hoping to remain faithful to their partner and enjoy all the benefits such a relationship can offer, including a sense of security, belonging and intimacy. However, ...
Social Sciences
Jan 30, 2023
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While previous studies of incarceration and family life have focused on immediate family—parents, partners and children—a new analysis of a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults that asked about siblings, grandparents, ...
Social Sciences
Jan 27, 2023
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Bird species that breed with several sexual partners have fewer harmful mutations, according to a study led by the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath. The study, published in Evolution, shows for the first ...
Evolution
Jan 24, 2023
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Intimate partner violence is pervasive in humanitarian settings and its impacts are far-reaching, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Social Sciences
Jan 20, 2023
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One of Florida's largest passenger rail services is experiencing an increase in ridership—and leaders of a Florida Department of Transportation program that promotes alternatives to commuters who drive alone attribute some ...
Economics & Business
Jan 4, 2023
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A new study led by the University of Liverpool has found that wandering albatrosses with older partners spend less time on foraging trips than those with more sprightly partners so that their mate has a shorter wait without ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2022
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New research has revealed that sexual arousal leads to an immediate preference in short-term mating in men over more long-term committed relationships, such as marriage.
Social Sciences
Dec 16, 2022
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Having a rude encounter with your spouse or partner at home may seem like the first ingredient in the recipe for a bad day at work. But, according to researchers at the University of Arizona Eller College of Management, employees ...
Social Sciences
Dec 8, 2022
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Nearly every person in the United States has been exposed to per- and polyfluorinated alky substances (PFAS) at some point in their life. These "forever chemicals" are the focus of a targeted investigation by University of ...
Environment
Dec 6, 2022
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