Mating

Penis Size May Be Driven By Women (Oh, and It Matters)

Rob Brooks | Posted 04.09.2013 | Science

Read More: Behaviour, Mate Choice, Penis Size, Penis, Biology, Sex, Mating, Evolution, Attraction, Does Penis Size Matter, Penis Size Study, Science News

Critics of this type of study love to point out that women usually decide if they will have sex with a man well before ever sighting his genitals. And, if so, then how can penis size influence choice?

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Gene Study Upends Popular Notions About Y Chromosome

Posted 11.13.2012 | Science

Read More: Y Chromosome, Sex Chromosome, Alpha Male, Human History, Video, Male Chromosome, Sex, Mating, Polygamous Mating, Science, Men, Science News, Science News

By: Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 11/12/2012 02:24 PM EST on LiveScience SAN FRANCISCO — The Y chromosome may have gotten a bad ...

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Let's Be Honest, We're All Liars

Paul Spector, M.D. | Posted 01.09.2013 | TED Weekends

Read More: Understanding Deception, Lie Spotting, Lying, How to Spot a Liar, Biology, Natural Selection, Deception, Mating, Truth, TED Weekends News

Nature has no love of truth. It's about winning, which is to say living to reproduce. Because we are not biologically designed for integrity, we must actively attempt to prevent the social cultivation of dishonesty.

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The Truth on Lying

Paul Spector, M.D. | Posted 08.20.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Liars, Lies, Consciousness, Deception, Self-Deception, Mating, Nature, Competitive Advantage, Evolution, Belief, Adaptation, Truth, Mind, Healthy Living News

Traditional psychological theories have considered a close relationship with truth as an essential ingredient of mental health. We're no longer so sure.

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Sexy Spider Loses Penis To Gain Big Advantage

Posted 06.13.2012 | Science

Read More: Animal Sex, Reproduction, Video, Biology, Sex, Mating, Animal Behavior, Spiders, Sex Organs, Detachable Penis, Spider Penis, Science News

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 06/12/2012 07:17 PM EDT on LiveScience After leaving its detachable penis to finish inse...

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Sparrow Study Yields Surprise About Female Infidelity

| Posted 06.07.2012 | Science

Read More: Infidelity, Video, Relationships, Fidelity, Ecology, Biology, Offspring, Sex, Mating, Evolution, Psychology, Genetics, Sparrows, Female Cheating, Ornithology, Science News

By Sarah Fecht | June 6, 2012 | Infidelity is easy to explain in males. By sleeping around, a guy can potentially impregnate more females ...

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Panda Sex Secrets Revealed By Not-For-The-Squeamish Research

| Ferris Jabr | Posted 04.05.2012 | Science

Read More: Pandas in Captivity, Zoos, Video, Panda Sex, Mating, Animal Behavior, Panda Reproduction, Animals, Pandas, Science News

There is perhaps no mammal that is less often in the mood for sex than the female giant panda. Each spring, female pandas enter estrous (aka "...

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What I Think About When I Think About Sex

Rob Brooks | Posted 06.03.2012 | Science

Read More: Reproduction, Evolution, Genetics, Genes, Evolutionary Biology, Biology, Sex, Mating, Science News

It takes something as profound as love to trick us into putting aside our conflicting interests and mistrust long enough to mate, and sometimes even to raise a family together.

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Detachable Penis Lets Spider Escape Cruel Fate

Posted 02.01.2012 | Science

Read More: Video, Spider, Penis, Weird Animals, Biology, Mating, Detachable Penis, Animal Mating, Science News

Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer First Published 01/31/2012 07:24 PM EST Sex can be dangerous, even deadly if your partner has pl...

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How Randy Rodents Lure The Ladies

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Searles | Posted 01.30.2012 | Science

Read More: Mice, Video, Songs, Vocalizations, Biology, Mating, Singing, Lab-Mice, Evolutionary Biology, House Mouse, Mouse, Science News

They're no good at poetry. They don't buy flowers. But scientists are reporting that male mice have their own special way of impressing the ladies: ...

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Speak, Penis: Erecting the American Male

Mark Matousek | Posted 03.21.2012 | Home

Read More: Self-Esteem, Vaginas, Penis, Sex, Happiness, Dating, Mating, Home News

For the past few months, I've been talking to men about their penises. White men, black men, gay men, old men, youngsters, transgender men, singlet...

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Men Like To Impress Women With Money, Says Study/Many Pop Songs

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 03.18.2012 | Women

In the tradition of "No Scrubs," "Single Ladies" and "Gold Digger," researchers have found scientific "proof" that when men compete for women, money and status are key.

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Better Gifts, More Sex?

Posted 11.15.2011 | Women

Read More: Kathleen D. Vohs, Sex, Sexual Economics, Animal-Study, Mating, Animals, Animal Mating, Sex Study, Nursery Web Spider, Gender Roles, University of Minnesota, Women News

If you've ever felt that it is not just the thought that counts, you're not alone, according to a new study. Female spiders expect decent gifts, too. ...

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Money Makes The Mouth Water, Study Finds

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.16.2011 | Business

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Unemployment, Money, Mating, Money Mouth Water, Northwestern University, Psychology, David Gal, Kellogg School of Management, Saliva, Mouth Water, Social Status, Video, Business News

For all the reasons to pursue wealth that seem to be rooted in rational self-interest -- money gives you more opportunities and greater freedom; it re...

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Attention Men: Even Among Salmon, Polite, Gentle, Males Get More Sex

Sophia Yin | Posted 10.24.2011 | Green

Read More: Salmon, Animal Behavior, Mating, Fish, Fish Mating Strategies, Coho Salmon Mating, Salmon Mating Strategies, Salmon Wild, Wild Salmon Mating, Alaska Wild Salmon, Green News

Overall, both the hooknose and the jack strategies are effective, and having two strategies increases the genetic variation in the salmon population. But this slight preference for the little guy says something important.

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Latest Survey of Singles: This Is How Stereotypes Are Perpetuated

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Divorce

Have you heard about the latest survey of single people? It is based on a nationally-representative sample of more than 5,000 Americans, ages 21 to 65...

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A 'Girl's Guide' to Dating and Mating

Donna Fish | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Marriage, Dating Self-Help Books, Mating, Commitment, Dating, Urban Women, Healthy Living News

Right now all three of my girls are fairly obsessed with watching reruns of "Sex and the City". As I watch the shows with them, (and marvel at the ph...

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Neanderthal Genes: The Hidden Thread in Our Tapestry

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Read More: Language, Cavemen, Homo Sapiens, Neanderthals, Human-Specific Genes, Human Genome, Paleobiology, Genetic Sequencing, Dna, Europe, Interbreeding, Africa, Middle East, Sex, Mating, Technology News

The just-published draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome may reveal that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens indeed interbred when the latter first came out of Africa.

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The Most Promiscuous Animals (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Lindsay Armstrong | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Slidepoll, Animals, Seal, Bonobos, Animals Breed, Honey Bee, Elephant Seal, Romance, Mating, Rabbit, Promiscuous, Green News

With Valentine's Day right around the corner, we've been hearing an awful lot about love, romance, and couples. While it's sweet, the truth is that wh...

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The Sex Lives Of Sea Horses Where Males Get Pregnant

The Guardian | Helen Scales | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Poseidon's Steed, Male Pregnancy, Pets, Seahorse Sex, Animals, Seahorse, Mating, Green News

The [seahorse] couple halt in the open water column and hold their bodies close, forming a heart shape with their touching snouts and bellies. Their f...

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Tiger Woods Sex (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Video, Tiger Woods Sex Video, Tiger Wood Sex, Tiger Sex, Tiger Porn, Animal Porn, Tiger, Sex, Tiger Woods, Mating, Tiger Woods Porn, Woods, Tiger Sex Video, Tiger Woods Sex, Green News

Interested in Tigers having sex in the woods? Or maybe Tiger Woods having sex? Well, we don't have video of the latter, but we do have a tiger mating ...

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A Batty Tale of Oral Sex

The Guardian | Marc Abrahams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Bats, Oral Sex, Animals, Research, Mating, Bats and Oral Sex, Green News

A new study helps to answer the question raised in Thomas Nagel's 1974 philosophy essay "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" A team of Chinese and British r...

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Is The Hot Italian Man Extinct?

Times Of London | Fabio Capello | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Italian Men, Mating, Dating, Healthy Living News

Pity us poor Italian men, said Andrea, my barber in Rome, as he gave me my new year haircut. The other customers nodded. "Listen," said one as he leaf...

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