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Romancing the Firefly
June 26, 2012 While a female firefly's initial assessment of potential mates is based on males' luminescent flashes, once a pair makes physical contact, sexy flashes no longer matter. Instead, it's males that have ... > full story -
Respect Matters More Than Money for Happiness in Life
June 20, 2012 New research suggests that overall happiness in life is more related to how much you are respected and admired by those around you, not to the status that comes from how much money you have stashed ... > full story -
I Want to Know Where Love Is: First Brain Map of Love and Desire
June 20, 2012 Thanks to modern science, we know that love lives in the brain, not in the heart. But where in the brain is it – and is it in the same place as sexual desire? A recent international study is ... > full story -
Mother Goats Do Not Forget Their Kids
June 19, 2012 Mother goats remember the calls of their kids for up to 11-17 months, scientists have ... > full story -
Blogging Relieves Stress on New Mothers
June 19, 2012 New mothers who read and write blogs may feel less alone than mothers who do not participate in a blogging community, according to family studies ... > full story -
Schooling Fish: Wild Zebrafish Assess Risk Through Social Learning
June 19, 2012 Scientists have investigated whether zebrafish use social learning to assess risk. They found that wild zebrafish, which are more timid than their domesticated counterparts, became emboldened after ... > full story -
'Facebook for Animals' Tested on Wild Great Tits
June 18, 2012 A new way of analyzing the social networks that link individual animals to each other has been tested on wild great ... > full story -
Secret Love Cheats Pose a Greater Infection Risk Than Those in Open Sexual Relationships
June 14, 2012 People who were sexually unfaithful without their partner's knowledge were less likely to practice safe sex than those who had other sexual relationships with their partner's consent. They were also ... > full story -
Sending Sexually Explicit Photos by Cell Phone Is Common Among Teens
June 13, 2012 A significant number of teenagers are sending and receiving sexually explicit cell phone photos, often with little, if any, awareness of the possible psychological, interpersonal, and sometimes legal ... > full story -
Alcohol Abuse May Be Cause, Rather Than Effect of Social Isolation, Poor Grades Among Teens
June 12, 2012 Rather than gaining "liquid courage" to let loose with friends, teenage drinkers are more likely to feel like social outcasts, according to a new sociological ... > full story
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