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Plastics chemical retards growth, function of adult reproductive cells
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Bisphenol A, a chemical widely used in plastics and known to cause reproductive problems in the offspring of pregnant mice exposed to it, also has been found to retard the growth of follicles of adult mice ...
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Newly launched study to probe women's response to male odor
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 05, 2008 |
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A single gene determines whether a whiff of androstadienone smells pleasant or foul, or like nothing at all. But researchers who last year discovered this genetic peculiarity were left wondering about its social implications.
Study: Fertile women want dominant men
Jul 08, 2005 |
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A Czech study finds that women who are ovulating tend to prefer the smell from the armpits of dominant men.
Unnatural selection: Birth control pills may alter choice of partners
Oct 07, 2009 |
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There is no doubt that modern contraception has enabled women to have unprecedented control over their own fertility. However, is it possible that the use of oral contraceptives is interfering with a woman's ability to choose, ...
Why female deer like a stag to be a big noise in the forest
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Jun 06, 2007 |
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Impressive antlers may be the most eye-catching attribute of the male red deer, but it's the quality of a stag's mating call that attracts the female of the species, a new study from the University of Sussex, ...
For gay and straight men, gauging facial attraction appears to operate similarly
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Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from a researcher at Harvard University finds that gay men are most attracted to the most masculine-faced men, while straight men prefer the most feminine-faced women.
Study finds reproductive health effects from low doses of bisphenol-A
Jun 17, 2009 |
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New research from North Carolina State University and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) shows significant reproductive health effects in rats that have been exposed to bisphenol-A (BPA) at levels ...
Why King Kong failed to impress
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Humans have the same receptors for detecting odors related to sex as do other apes and primates. But each species uses them in different ways, stemming from the way the genes for these receptors have evolved over time, according ...
Low-dose estrogen shown safe and effective for metastatic breast cancer
Aug 18, 2009 |
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When estrogen-lowering drugs no longer control metastatic breast cancer, the opposite strategy might work. Raising estrogen levels benefited 30 percent of women whose metastatic breast cancer no longer responded to standard ...
Hormones and brain activity: Study sheds light on facial preferences
Nov 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have long known that women's preferences for masculine men change throughout their menstrual cycles. A new study from Indiana University's Kinsey Institute is the first to demonstrate ...
Male elephants woo females with precise chemistry
Dec 22, 2005 |
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The exact chemical blend of a pheromone emitted by older male elephants in musth influences both a female elephant's interest in mating and how other surrounding elephants behave, a new study has found.
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