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Men With Aggressive Faces Are Secretly Selfless

Men With Aggressive Faces Are Secretly Selfless | Science News | Scoop.it
Looks can be deceptive. If you want some proof, consider a new study which analyzes the actions of aggressive-looking males. Turns out, men with angry, violent faces are actually far more likely to makes sacrifices for their close friends.
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Biologists turn back the clock to understand evolution of sex differences

Biologists turn back the clock to understand evolution of sex differences | Science News | Scoop.it
Sex differences account for some of the most of the spectacular traits in nature: the wild colours of male guppies, the plumage of peacocks, tusks on walruses and antlers on moose.
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Teachers think white females lag behind in math, study finds

Teachers think white females lag behind in math, study finds | Science News | Scoop.it

High school math teachers tend to rate white female students’ math abilities lower than those of their white male peers, even when their grades and test scores are comparable, according to a University of Texas at Austin study.

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Sonicating sperm -- the future of male contraception

The ideal male contraceptive would be inexpensive, reliable, and reversible. It would need to be long acting but have few side effects.
oliver firth's curator insight, June 11, 2015 9:56 PM

Certainly an interesting form of contraception. This explains how ultrasound can be used as a form of contraception for males. It explains how it is like a computer is dangerous when on your lap.

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Male sex drive causes hostility

Male sex drive causes hostility | Science News | Scoop.it
Male sex drive is at the root of most conflict in the world, from football violence to world wars, scientists have claimed.
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The male paradox

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According to two University of South Florida psychologists, our manhood is actually a very fragile and precarious commodity. When it’s threatened, we’ll go to extreme lengths to defend it

 

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Fortunately for men, size doesn't matter (much)

Fortunately for men, size doesn't matter (much) | Science News | Scoop.it
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from The Australian National University have discovered that the male-specific Y-chromosome is shrinking – and it’s happening at different rates across species.
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Women Are Better Connected… Neurally

Women Are Better Connected… Neurally | Science News | Scoop.it

The search for differences between the brains of men and women has a long and rather confusing history. Any structural differences are small, and their significance is controversial. The one rock-solid finding is that men’s brains are slightly bigger on average. Then again, men are slightly bigger on average in general.

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Long sexual duration could be period of male choice

Long sexual duration could be period of male choice | Science News | Scoop.it

The duration of sexual intercourse differs wildly across the animal kingdom. Now researchers seeking to understand the evolutionary significance of lengthy copulation duration have found evidence that it could signify a choosy male taking the time to assess the suitability of his female mate.

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Is the female brain innately inferior?

Is the female brain innately inferior? | Science News | Scoop.it

Gender Brain Myths

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Sexy snacks: Study finds female mate searching evolves when mating gifts are important

Sexy snacks: Study finds female mate searching evolves when mating gifts are important | Science News | Scoop.it
In the animal world, males typically search for their female partners. The mystery is that in some species, you get a reversal -- the females search for males.
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NCBI ROFL: Women’s sexual and emotional responses to male- and female-produced erotica. | Discoblog | Discover Magazine

NCBI ROFL: Women’s sexual and emotional responses to male- and female-produced erotica. | Discoblog | Discover Magazine | Science News | Scoop.it
NCBI ROFL | Whether erotic films made by women are more arousing for women than erotic films made by men was studied.
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Matters of the Brain: Why Men and Women Are So Different

Matters of the Brain: Why Men and Women Are So Different | Science News | Scoop.it

"We do socialize our boys and girls differently, but the contribution of biology is not zero," said Diane Halpern, a professor of psychology at Claremont McKenna College in California, who has been studying cognitive gender differences for 25 years.

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Male and female behavior deconstructed

Male and female behavior deconstructed | Science News | Scoop.it
Hormones shape our bodies, make us fertile, excite our most basic urges, and as scientists have known for years, they govern the behaviors that separate men from women. But how?
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Why men 'exhibit warrior tendencies'

Why men 'exhibit warrior tendencies' | Science News | Scoop.it
A new study has looked into how our psychology concerning war and conflict may have been shaped by our evolutionary past.
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Mom Is My Wingman: Scientific American

Mom Is My Wingman: Scientific American | Science News | Scoop.it
Male monkeys who live at home have more luck with females...
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Majority Doesn't Care Whether Boss Is Male or Female - Forbes

Majority Doesn't Care Whether Boss Is Male or Female - Forbes | Science News | Scoop.it
It's not all Devil Wears Prada out there in the workplace. A recent study showed that "fewer and fewer Americans care whether the boss is a man or a woman.
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Fit females make more daughters, mighty males get grandsons

Fit females make more daughters, mighty males get grandsons | Science News | Scoop.it
Females influence the gender of their offspring so they inherit either their mother's or grandfather's qualities. 'High-quality' females – those which produce more offspring – are more likely to have daughters.
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Sex changes the brain - and it IS different for men and women

Sex changes the brain - and it IS different for men and women | Science News | Scoop.it
A Japanese study of tiny spines that occur between brain cells revealed virgin male rats to have far more of them than more sexually experienced counterparts.
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Stress in early pregnancy can lead to shorter pregnancies, more pre-term births and fewer baby boys

Stress in the second and third months of pregnancy can shorten pregnancies, increase the risk of pre-term births and may affect the ratio of boys to girls being born, leading to a decline in male babies.
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NCBI ROFL: Salivary testosterone levels in men at a U.S. sex club. | Discoblog | Discover Magazine

NCBI ROFL: Salivary testosterone levels in men at a U.S. sex club. | Discoblog | Discover Magazine | Science News | Scoop.it

“Vertebrate males commonly experience elevations in testosterone levels in response to sexual stimuli, such as presentation of a novel mating partner. Some previous human studies have shown that watching erotic movies increases testosterone levels in males although studies measuring testosterone changes during actual sexual intercourse or masturbation have yielded mixed results.

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