The image of young adults living in a hookup culture with emotionally meaningless relationships might be a common theme in movies and daytime talk shows. But it does not seem to be the norm in real college life, suggests ...
Social Sciences
Jun 1, 2022
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A team of human behavioralists at the University of Queensland, in Australia, working with a colleague from the University of Stirling, in the U.K., has found via experimentation that people tend to be more attracted to potential ...
Scientists have made a surprising discovery: The more options you have for choosing a lover, the likelier you are to end up with no-one.
Social Sciences
Mar 2, 2011
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Choosing a mate is one of the most important decisions an individual of any species will make in its life. It is therefore perhaps a surprise that a new study, of which I'm a co-author, has revealed a bird puts only half ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2012
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A lovelorn snail who failed to find a mate because of his unusually-shaped shell hit the headlines in Britain on Thursday after two potential partners got together and left him to share in parenting duties.
Plants & Animals
May 18, 2017
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Violins made of wood treated with fungus need not hide their lights when compared to a Stradivarius, as a blind test has already demonstrated. However, these tonal masterpieces are only available as individually-made instruments. ...
Other
Dec 9, 2011
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Some people are experts at flirting. Others of us never flirt or fail spectacularly. But what kind of flirting works best?
Social Sciences
May 5, 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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The landmark United States Supreme Court ruling in Loving v. Commonwealth of Virginia abolished bans on interracial marriage in the United States in 1967, but a new academic paper from Rice University and Texas A&M University ...
Social Sciences
Jul 18, 2023
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Dozens of British universities began offering free online courses on Wednesday through a collective portal, joining a global trend started in the United States that opens higher education to the masses.
Social Sciences
Sep 18, 2013
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