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Teen Sexting, the Gender Gap
March 14, 2013 — A survey of US adolescents reveals a gender gap in attitudes towards sexting and perceived ... > full story -
International Gender Difference in Math and Reading Scores Persists Regardless of Gender Equality
March 14, 2013 — Even in countries with high gender equality, sex differences in math and reading scores persisted in the 75 nations examined by a new study. Girls consistently scored higher in reading, while boys ... > full story -
Children of Divorced Parents More Likely to Start Smoking, Study Finds
March 14, 2013 — Both daughters and sons from divorced families are significantly more likely to initiate smoking in comparison to their peers from intact families, shows a new analysis of 19,000 Americans. The study ... > full story -
Stereotyping Prime Obstacle to Women in Commercial Science: Cracking Glass Ceiling Starts With Academic Leaders, Tech Transfer Offices
March 12, 2013 — Female professors are underrepresented on corporates science advisory boards, and the gender gap decreases when academic administrators work to raise the profile of their high-performing female ... > full story -
Scientists Identify Why Some Fathers Are Left Holding the Baby
March 12, 2013 — A century old mystery as to why, for some animals, it's the father rather than the mother that takes care of their young has been cracked by ... > full story -
Visceral Fat Causally Linked to Intestinal Cancer
March 6, 2013 — Visceral fat, or fat stored deep in the abdominal cavity, is directly linked to an increased risk for colon cancer, according to new data from a mouse ... > full story -
Females Butterflies Can Smell If a Male Butterfly Is Inbred
March 5, 2013 — The mating success of male butterflies is often lower if they are inbred. But how do female butterflies know which males to avoid? New research reveals that inbred male butterflies produce ... > full story -
Handedness in Marsupials Is Dependent on Gender, Research Shows
March 5, 2013 — Boys are right-handed, girls are left ... Well at least this is true for sugar gliders (Petaurus breviceps) and grey short-tailed opossums (Monodelphis domestica). New research shows that handedness ... > full story -
Monopoly of the Male Orangutan: Comparative Field Observations on Sumatra and Borneo
March 5, 2013 — The sexual development, mating habits and social hierarchy of the orangutans are more heavily dependent on their environment than had previously been assumed: where the rain forest supplies more ... > full story -
The Safer Sex? For a Little-Known Primate, a New Understanding of Why Females Outlive Males
February 28, 2013 — Researchers studying aging in an endangered lemur known as the Milne-Edwards' sifaka report that in old age, females are the safer ... > full storyMore:
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