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Networking Ability a Family Trait in Monkeys
January 9, 2013 Two years of painstaking observation on the social interactions of a troop of free-ranging monkeys and an analysis of their family trees has found signs of natural selection affecting the behavior of ... > full story -
Expert Suggests Tried-and-True Strategies to Strengthen Your Relationship
January 9, 2013 What are you doing to keep your relationship alive? A new study highlights the importance of five relationship maintenance strategies that couples can use to preserve or improve the quality of an ... > full story -
Cheating Slime Mold Gets the Upper Hand
January 8, 2013 A ‘cheater’ mutation (chtB) in Dictyostelium discoideum, a free living slime mould able to co-operate as social organism when food is scarce, allows the cheater strain to exploit ... > full story -
Unwed Couples Still Favor Traditional Household Roles
January 8, 2013 In interviews with unwed couples, a sociologist found that the conventional notion of male breadwinner and female homemaker still guides some behaviors, even for couples in which the woman is the ... > full storyMore: -
An Embryo That Is Neither Male nor Female: Impact of Three Unexpected Sex Determination Factors Analyzed
January 3, 2013 Is it a girl or a boy? This is the first question parents ask at the birth of an infant. Though the answer is obvious, the mechanism of sex determination is much less so. Researchers attempt to shed ... > full story -
Bisexual Men on the 'Down Low' Run Risk for Poor Mental Health
January 2, 2013 Bisexual men are less likely to disclose their sexual orientation than gay men. In the first study to look at the mental health of this population, researchers found that greater concealment of ... > full story -
Monkey See, Monkey Do: Visual Feedback Is Necessary for Imitating Facial Expressions
December 27, 2012 Research using new computer-based technology shows that our ability to imitate facial expressions depends on learning that occurs through visual ... > full story -
Students' Online and Offline Social Networks Can Predict Course Grades
December 27, 2012 The information can be used to determine which students need the most help, as well as which ones excel and might be guided to further study or careers in that subject ... > full story -
Not All Gamers Are Low Scorers on Friendships, Relationships
December 20, 2012 Not all video game players are destined for lives filled with failing relationships and dwindling friendships, according to researchers, who say that a lot depends on the role of the game-playing ... > full story -
Social Networking Strengthens Boys' Friendships
December 19, 2012 Social networking sites may increase the bonds of friendship among 9- to 13-year-old boys, according to a new ... > full story
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