Neuroscience
Is science getting closer to the brain center for male libido?
A single hardwired brain circuit might be responsible for male sexual drive, a new mouse study reports.
Aug 11, 2023
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Genetics
People don't mate randomly—but this flawed assumption informs many studies linking genes to diseases and traits
The idea that correlation does not imply causation is a fundamental caveat in epidemiological research. A classic example involves a hypothetical link between ice cream sales and drownings—instead of increased ice cream ...
Nov 21, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Why a broader and more inclusive definition of infertility is needed
Modern assisted reproductive technologies have helped millions of infertile couples to bypass their reproductive challenges, and these technologies can be regarded as one of the greatest achievements of medicine. Yet, they ...
Oct 7, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Internal brain timers linked with motivation and behavior
Time can be measured in many ways: a watch, a sundial, or the body's natural circadian rhythms. But what about the sexual behavior of a fruit fly?
Dec 6, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Long legs turn women's heads, arm length immaterial: study
Labouring over the age-old question "What do women look for in men?", scientists added an item to the list Wednesday: legs slightly longer than average, with a good shin-to-thigh ratio.
May 16, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Creativity, a mating boost for the unattractive male
In the ruthless world of the mating game, plain-looking men instinctively know that being funny, smart or poetic helps to compensate for a less-than-stellar exterior.
Apr 19, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Online dating booming but how much does education matter?
Online daters are most likely to contact people with the same level of education as them, but are less fussy about an intellectual match as they get older, according to QUT research.
Jan 3, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Money really does matter in relationships: study
Our romantic choices are not just based on feelings and emotions, but how rich we feel compared to others, a new study published in Frontiers in Psychology has found.
May 24, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Your gender-stereotypic genes may be giving you a leg up in dating
Your success at speed-dating might be influenced by your genetic make-up and your potential partner's ability to detect so-called "good genes," or genetic fitness. This is according to a study in Springer's journal Human ...
May 19, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Female gene changes post-sex may lead to mosquito controls
Genetic cues from male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes passed on during sex affect which genes are turned on or off in a females' reproductive tract post-mating, including genes related to blood feeding, egg development and immune ...
Mar 10, 2016
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Mating
In biology, mating is the pairing of opposite-sex or hermaphroditic organisms for copulation and, in social animals, also to raise their offspring. For animals, mating methods include random mating, disassortative mating, assortative mating, or a mating pool.
In some birds, for example, it includes nest-building and feeding offspring. The human practice of making domesticated animals mate and of artificially inseminating them is part of animal husbandry.
Copulation is the union of the sex organs of two sexually reproducing animals for insemination and subsequent internal fertilization. The two individuals may be of opposite sexes or hermaphroditic, as is the case with, for example, snails.
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