Posts Tagged ‘sexes’
Strong guys less willing to share wealth
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Upper body strength and socioeconomic status can predict men’s opinions on the redistribution of wealth, according to researchers. Continue…
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 11:00 - 2 Comments
Health & Medicine - May 1, 2013 17:04 - 0 Comments
Binge eating may be based in biology
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Female rats are much more likely to binge eat than male rats are, according to new research that provides some of the strongest evidence yet that biology plays a role in eating disorders. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 27, 2013 10:08 - 0 Comments
Genetic ‘roulette’ gives tiny cells their sex
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — A single-celled organism ends up with one of seven possible “mating types,” or sexes, in a process that scientists call “random.” (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 4, 2013 12:44 - 8 Comments
Trait by trait, sexes don’t differ much
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Forget Mars and Venus. Both men and women are from Earth, according to a new study that shows the sexes aren’t so dissimilar psychologically. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 31, 2013 14:07 - 4 Comments
More sex when couples split chores traditionally
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Married couples who split chores by traditional gender roles have sex more often than couples who share so-called men’s and women’s work. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 29, 2013 14:49 - 1 Comment
Fossils hold evidence of sexual selection
U. SOUTHAMPTON (UK) — Comparisons with living animals make it possible for scientists to detect sexual selection among creatures in the fossil record, say researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 2, 2012 12:56 - 1 Comment
Clues to women’s longer lives in ‘hotspot’ DNA
MONASH (AUS) — A new study reveals how mutations in mitochondrial DNA can help explain why women tend to live longer than men. (more…)
