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Secret Wing Colors Boost Sexiness in Flies
By Christine Hsu | Oct 22, 2014 04:49 PM EDT"Secret" wing colors could boost male attractiveness, according to a new study on fruit flies.
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Babies Can Inherit Traits of Mother's Ex-Lovers
By Christine Hsu | Oct 01, 2014 09:52 PM EDTDon't look like your dad? You might look like your mother's previous lover, according to new research.
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Ingredient in Male Goat Odor Literally Turns Females On
By Christine Hsu | Feb 27, 2014 06:30 PM ESTA certain citrus-scented ingredient in the odor of male goats literally turns female goats on, according to a new study.
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Researchers Discover Sex Addicted Mammal That Dies During Making Love
By Kamal Nayan | Feb 26, 2014 09:46 AM ESTScientists have discovered a new species of Australian marsupial that is so addicted to sex that it literally dies while performing it. The black-tailed antechinus are found in high altitudes in the wet areas of southeast Queensland and northwest New South Wales.
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Having Brothers Enhance Fruit Fly Reproduction
By Christine Hsu | Jan 22, 2014 03:10 PM ESTFruit flies with brothers make gentler lovers than those living with unrelated flies, according to a new study.
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Men With Deep Voices Are Sexier
By Christine Hsu | Oct 16, 2013 06:21 PM EDTDeep voices are sexiest to women, according to new research.
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Men Are Hardwired to Check Other Women Out, Study Suggests
By Christine Hsu | Jun 26, 2013 04:39 PM EDTLadies, the next time you catch your man checking other women out, try your best not to get angry. Scientists say evolution and his genes are the reasons why he has the habit of ogling anything with a skirt.
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Nurture Trumps Nature in Rural Indonesia Where Men Adore Big Feet
By Christine Hsu | May 30, 2013 01:11 PM EDTDelicate features like small feet, smooth skin, and hourglass figures are signs of feminine beauty and reproductive health in most cultures. However, anthropologists studying the Karo Batak people in rural northern Indonesia revealed that men there find bigger feet to be the sexiest.
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Morning-After Pill to be Sold Over the Counter, Anyone Over 15 Can Buy it
By Jennifer Broderick | Apr 30, 2013 08:18 PM EDTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it approved a proposal to make the morning-after pill available over the counter for women 15 years and older.
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Father of IVF and Nobel Prize Winner Robert Edwards Dies at 87
By Jennifer Broderick | Apr 10, 2013 08:55 PM EDTNobel Prize winner Sir Robert Edwards, a "co-pioneer" of the in vitro fertilization technique in the 1950's, died Wednesday in his sleep after a long illness, the University of Cambridge said. He was 87.
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The Secrets Out: Women Really Do Prefer Well Endowed Men
By Isabel Alface | Apr 08, 2013 09:50 PM EDTIt may be an age old saying that "size matters" or just a marketing gimmick, but now science has proven once and for all that it sure does matter to women when they're picking out a mate - whether it's his height, his shoulder width or his penis size.
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Men Who Have Children Later May Pass Increased Risk of Autism to Grandchildren
By Makini Brice | Mar 21, 2013 10:05 AM EDTThat meant that they passed on mutations that often had no effect on their children, but whose effects built up with time.
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UK On Route to Legalize Three-Parent Embryos For Healthier Babies
By Jennifer Broderick | Mar 20, 2013 07:23 PM EDTThe UK has moved closer to becoming the first country to create babies with three genetic parents via IVF in order to defeat inherited diseases.
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Sea Slug Uses 'Disposable' Penis
By Makini Brice | Feb 13, 2013 12:10 PM ESTScientists are surprised by the discovery of the mating practices of a certain kind of nudibranch, a type of sea slug.
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Sex on the Brain: Semen Prompts Female Ovulation
By S.C. Stringfellow | Aug 21, 2012 08:08 AM EDTAn international team of scientists at the University of Saskatchewan discovered that the protein in semen acts directly on the female brain to prompt her to ovulate
