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Reversal of the Black Widow Myth: Some Male Spiders Prefer to Eat Old Females Rather Than Mate With Them
May 6, 2013 — The Black Widow spider gets its name from the popular belief that female spiders eat their male suitors after mating. However, a new study has shown that the tendency to consume a potential mate is ... > full story -
New Brain Research Shows Two Parents May Be Better Than One
May 1, 2013 — Scientists have discovered that adult brain cell production might be determined, in part, by the early parental environment. The study suggests that dual parenting may be more beneficial than single ... > full story -
Tone-Deaf Female Cowbirds Change Flock Behavior, Disrupt Social Networks
May 1, 2013 — Female cowbirds incapable of recognizing high-quality male songs can alter the behavior of flock-mates of either sex and disrupt overall social structure, according to new ... > full story -
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The Biology Behind Binge Eating
May 1, 2013 — Female rats are much more likely to binge eat than male rats, according to new research that provides some of the strongest evidence yet that biology plays a role in eating ... > full story -
Professional Culture Contributes to Gender Wage Inequality in Engineering
April 30, 2013 — Women engineers are underpaid for their contributions to technical activities, due to cultural ideologies in the engineering profession, according to new ... > full story -
Secondhand Smoke Presents Greater Threat to Teen Girls Than Boys
April 30, 2013 — When teenage girls are exposed to secondhand smoke at home, they tend to have lower levels of the "good" form of cholesterol that reduces heart disease risk, according to a recent ... > full story -
Identification of Gene Variants Affecting Fertility Offers New Treatment Possibility
April 29, 2013 — Identification of genetic variations in the genes coding for the hormone FSH may provide new treatments for male and female infertility, according to new work. Scientists have characterized gene ... > full story -
Family-Friendly Tenure Policies Result in Salary Penalty for Professors
April 29, 2013 — Well-intentioned policies to make achieving tenure more family-friendly actually have negative consequences for the salaries of college faculty, says a new ... > full story -
Pedophiles Identified Accurately With Implicit Association Tasks
April 25, 2013 — A combination of two tasks for implied sexual associations has distinguished -- with more than 90 per cent certainty -- a group of pedophilic men from a group of men with a sexual preference for ... > full story -
Moms More Likely Than Other Employees to Leave Male-Dominated Jobs With Long Hours
April 24, 2013 — As demands for long work hours continue to increase, a new study found that mothers are more likely than other employees to leave jobs in male-dominated ... > full story
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