April 11, 2012
How many times have scientists reportedly “discovered” that the female G-spot does or does not exist? More than I can count. But they’ve done it again. A new study has confirmed that women can orgasm from sex without any stimulation of the clitoris. Scientists found that clitoral and vaginal orgasms are completely separate and activate ...
January 24, 2012
Narcissism is characterized by vanity, a sense of entitlement, manipulation of others and an excessive love of oneself. These traits are probably familiar. But now the personality flaw has another characteristic: a health hazard. Researchers found that narcissism may be damaging to a man’s health but not to a woman’s. Undergraduate students were tested for ...
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January 5, 2012
That significant other you are living with may be as different from you as someone from outer space, according to new psychological research. A new study suggests that the personalities of men and women are dramatically different and have been underestimated in other research. The study surveyed 10,000 people using a new form of personality ...
December 22, 2011
About seven percent of teen girls are having group sex, according to a recent study conducted by the New York Academy of Medicine. They looked at any sexual experience from a modest threesome to the more advanced orgy. Of the 328 14 to 20-year-olds surveyed, over half said they were pressured and 43 percent claim ...
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November 3, 2011
Brenda Milner is one of the most prominent neuroscientists of our time, earning many awards in her long career. But she is now being given possibly one of the biggest so far, the prestigious Pearl Meister Greengard Prize which recognizes female scientists who have helped make large advances in biomedical science. The panel for the award ...
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October 27, 2011
Have you ever looked in the mirror and wondered what you really look like? Well, stop. Scientists have determined you don’t really want to know. In an experiment, people were asked to pick an accurate picture of their own face. Some pictures were normal, some were photoshopped to look better and others to look worse. ...
August 31, 2011
Men may joke (and groan) about women getting the baby itch, but it seems that they also get the urge as they age. Although a large part of catching the fever may have something to do with social pressures, “both sexes may have an instinctive internal reaction which makes them yearn for parenthood,” according to ...
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August 5, 2011
Winning the fight for equal pay is central to reaching gender equality. But what if the wage gap wasn’t just the result of gender discrimination? What if we women were creating it? Kay Hymowitz argues that women are choosing to work less hours on less demanding jobs than men, especially when they’ve started a family. ...
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August 1, 2011
Allowing your child to spend the night in the your bed, also known as co-sleeping, is not detrimental to the child’s behavior, according to new research. American parents have always been terrified to allow their child to be too cuddly and welcome in their bed for too long. Being too comfortable and loving could mean ...
July 22, 2011
Infertility is often a problem mostly associated with women but a new studyhas just uncovered a genetic mutation in men that lowers their partners’ chances of giving birth by 30 percent. Researchers from the University of California, Davis have found that around one in every 250 men has a genetic mutation that stops the production ...
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