News tagged with female friend


When it comes to drinking, college men not looking for a 'girl gone wild'

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

College women may be drinking to excess to impress their male counterparts on campuses across the country, but a new study suggests most college men are not looking for a woman to match them drink for drink.





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Figitumumab has anti-tumor activity in Ewing's sarcoma

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A preliminary study of the anticancer drug figitumumab has found that it has antitumour activity in Ewing's sarcoma—a cancer which affects mainly teenage boys. The results have led to the drug's progression to a Phase 2 trial ...


Turtles' Christmas journey tracked by scientists

Turtles' Christmas journey tracked by scientists

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The journeys of two marine turtles around the world's oceans will be available to view online this Christmas, thanks to a new research project launched by the University of Exeter.


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Researchers reveal secrets of duck sex: It's all screwed up

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Female ducks have evolved an intriguing way to avoid becoming impregnated by undesirable but aggressive males endowed with large corkscrew-shaped penises: vaginas with clockwise spirals that thwart oppositely ...


Teenagers use violence to boost their social standing

Teenagers use violence to boost their social standing

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A new study looks in depth at the social relationships between male and female teenagers, relational violence, and psycho-social adjustment factors such as loneliness, self-esteem and satisfaction with life. ...


Social networking changing the way we travel (AP)

Social networking changing the way we travel

Technology / Internet

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

(AP) -- Isahrai Azaria is heading to Austin, Texas, in February, and thanks to Facebook, she already has 40 acquaintances, an invitation to go water tubing, and a line on the best vegetarian lunch place in ...


Fungal footage fosters foresight into plant, animal disease

Meddling in mosquitoes' sex lives could help stop the spread of malaria, says study

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stopping male mosquitoes from sealing their sperm inside females with a 'mating plug' could prevent mosquitoes from reproducing, and offer a potential new way to combat malaria, say scientists ...


Protein that represses genes may play role in cell growth

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell study shows the protein not only activates some genes involved in the regulation of cell growth and signaling, but also may play a role in preventing cancers by inhibiting cell proliferation.


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Polluting pets: the devastating impact of man's best friend

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (28) | comments 30

Man's best friend could be one of the environment's worst enemies, according to a new study which says the carbon pawprint of a pet dog is more than double that of a gas-guzzling sports utility vehicle.


Research suggests link between infertility, low egg reserve, and breast/ovarian cancer gene (BRCA1)

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A New York Medical College physician who specializes in restoring or preserving fertility in female cancer patients has discovered a possible link between the presence of breast cancer genes and infertility.


New study explores role of sexual, social behaviors in seniors' well-being

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers and the general public have a new resource for information on the health and intimate relationships of older people, thanks to a new supplemental issue of The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological an ...



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