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The many unexpected sides of romantic love

Love can bring out both the best and the worst in people. Which way it turns depends on the best way to protect the relationship, say researchers studying the evolution of romantic love.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Monogamous birds... peeping on the neighbors!

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is well documented that male birds seduce females using their songs, colourful plumage and courtship dances. These signals reflect male genetic quality and will be graded by the female ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Zynga mulls online gambling market

(AP) -- Zynga, the social game company known for "FarmVille" and "Zynga Poker," is mulling a new market - online gambling.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Punishment of egoistic behavior is not rewarded

The heated debate surrounding the German "state Trojan" software for the online monitoring of telecommunication between citizens shows that the concealed observation of our private decisions provokes public ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

In teen drinking it's not who you know, it's who knows who you know

Teenage alcohol consumption may be influenced more by a date's friends than his or her own friends, according to Penn State and Ohio State criminologists.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Permanently dismal economy could prompt men to seek more sex partners

Grim economic times could cause men to seek more sexual partners, giving them more chances to reproduce, according to research by Omri Gillath, a social psychology professor at the University of Kansas.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sexy sons thanks to mom

It is not the superior genes of the father, but the mother's resource investment in the eggs that makes Zebra Finch males particularly attractive. A Swiss-Australian research team lead by evolutionary ecologists ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Abusive men likely to repeat violence if attraction to women is superficial

(PhysOrg.com) -- Abusive men who select partners mainly based on appearance are likely to be violent again after completing an abuser intervention program, according to a new University of Michigan study.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study examines how couples' collaborative dialogue may assist in memory

(Medical Xpress) -- Effective memory is a key ability for independent living in later life, and a new Iowa State University study is among the first to report that social partners can help extend memory. The study also found ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Her closeness to his buddies can trigger male sex problems

An older man whose female partner is chummy with his pals is more likely to suffer from sexual dysfunction than men who keep their confidantes to themselves, reports a new Cornell study. However, this link disappeared among ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study of finches shows they form homosexual alliances

A new study by a team of researchers shows that for zebra finches, bonding trumps sex. Post-Doc fellow Julie Elie of the University of California and her team describe in the journal Behavioural Ecology an ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 28 | with audio podcast report

When a man's partner is too close to his friends, his sex life may suffer

Researchers have found a potential new source for sexual problems among middle-aged and older men: the relationships between their female partners and the men's closest friends.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dealing with the cyberworld's dark side

People who are cyberstalked or harassed online experience higher levels of stress and trauma than people who are stalked or harassed in person, according to a presentation at the American Psychological Association's 119th ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 06, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Heavy drinking linked to more frequent and more severe aggression in relationships

(Medical Xpress) -- Drinking by one or both partners increases levels of severity, anger and fear reported by victims of intimate partner aggression, according to a new study by University of Otago researchers.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Talent show mulled for Timberlake's Myspace

(AP) -- Justin Timberlake's longtime manager Johnny Wright said Friday that a talent show or some other way of developing new artists will be core to the revamp of Myspace.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0