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Race and gender determine how politicians speak

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Race and gender influence the way politicians speak, which is not always to their advantage. Camelia Suleiman from Florida International University and Daniel O'Connell from Georgetown University in the US have come to this ...


Female politicians spur female politicians

Medicine & Health /

created May 03, 2006 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

U.S. researchers say they've determined the presence of female politicians inspires political interest and activism among young women.


A pretty face can make a difference in whom you vote for

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 30, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

First it was Hillary Clinton, and now Sarah Palin. Everyone is talking about the year the glass ceiling finally cracked, if not shattered, in U.S. politics. According to new Northwestern University research, it is not at ...


Beautiful politicians win more votes: study

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 07, 2006 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Beautiful politicians win more votes, according to Australian National University research released today that asked an independent group of ‘beauty raters’ to assess the looks of 286 major party candidates who ran in the ...


Are female mountain goats sexually conflicted over size of mate?

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mountain goats are no exception to the general rule among mammals that larger males sire more and healthier offspring. But University of Alberta researcher David Coltman has found a genetic quirk that might make female mountain ...


Female choice benefits mothers more than offspring

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

The great diversity of male sexual traits, ranging from peacock's elaborate train to formidable genitalia of male seed beetles, is the result of female choice. But why do females choose among males? In a new study published ...


Identity politics: Sex, race color perceptions of Obama, Palin

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 21, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Even among young voters receptive to Barack Obama and Sarah Palin's historic candidacies, race and gender may hurt—and help—their reputations, according to new University of Michigan research.


What's eating the breadwinners?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Control, independence, ambition, pressure, worry, guilt and resentment are all experienced by female breadwinners, according to Dr. Rebecca Meisenbach from the University of Missouri in Columbia, USA. Dr. Meisenbach explored ...


Teacher talk strains voices, especially for women

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Teachers tend to spend more time speaking than most professionals, putting them at a greater risk for hurting their voices -- they're 32 times more likely to experience voice problems, according to one study. And unlike singers ...


For fish, bigger doesn’t always mean healthier

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Female smallmouth bass tend to prefer bigger male mates, but bigger doesn’t necessarily mean healthier. That’s the finding of a new study in the latest issue of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology that i ...


Researchers to perform sex change operation on papaya

Researchers to perform sex change operation on papaya

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The complicated sex life of the papaya is about to get even more interesting, thanks to a $3.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will fund basic research on the papaya sex chromosomes ...


In the war between the sexes, the one with the closest fungal relationship wins

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The war between the sexes has been fought on many fronts throughout time -- from humans to birds to insects, the animal kingdom is replete with species involved in their own skirmishes. A recent study by Dr. Sarah Eppley ...


Placental precursor stem cells require testosterone-free environment to survive

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Trophoblast stem cells (TSCs), cells found in the layer of peripheral embryonic stem cells from which the placenta is formed, are thought to exhibit "immune privilege" that aids cell survivability and is potentially beneficial ...


Researchers discover mechanism that prevents two species from reproducing

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Cornell researchers have discovered a genetic mechanism in fruit flies that prevents two closely related species from reproducing, a finding that offers clues to how species evolve.


Male Australian redback spiders employ courtship strategies to preserve their life

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research shows that male suitors of a female cannibalistic spider risk facing a premature death unless they perform an adequate courtship lasting a minimum of 100 minutes. Further, the research shows ...