Experts fear Thanksgiving COVID spikes—Can you have your turkey and stay...
Holiday travel and family gatherings will bolster America's already growing number of coronavirus cases, experts warn.The CDC recommends families celebrating with people outside their quarantine...
View ArticleHuman sexual desire: Is monogamy natural?
Depending on who you ask, monogamy is either essential to a successful marriage or it is unrealistic and sets couples up for failure. In this video, biological anthropologist Helen Fisher,...
View ArticleHow showing remorse can save your relationships
Forgiveness as a cultural act linked to religion and philosophy dates back centuries, but studies focused on the science of apologies, morality, and relationships are fairly new. As Amrisha Vaish...
View ArticleHow Europeans wear wedding rings, and what it says about them
Europeans are getting married less, but wearing a wedding ring is more standardised than ever.Standardised doesn't mean homogenised: some countries prefer rings on the left, others on the...
View ArticleWhy moral people tolerate immoral behavior
The problem with having a compass as the symbolic representation of morality is that due north is not a fixed point. Liane Young, Boston College associate professor and director of the Morality Lab,...
View ArticlePornography does not cause sexual violence, according to new research
The potential link between pornography consumption and sexual aggression and/or violence has been studied for decades, with the earliest research dating back to the 1970s.A 2020 meta-analysis study...
View ArticleStudy shatters the myth that BDSM is linked to early-life trauma
BDSM is a kind of sexual expression and/or practice that refers to three main subcategories: Bondage/Discipline, Dominance/submission, and Sadism/Masochism. It has been widely speculated that many...
View Article7 research-based resolutions that will help strengthen your relationship in...
The new year is going to be better. It has to be better. Maybe you're one of the 74% of Americans in one survey who said they planned on hitting the reset button on Jan. 1 and resolving to improve....
View ArticleWhy do men need to recharge after sex? Scientists make surprising discovery.
Men and other male creatures need time to recover between ejaculations, and scientists have assumed it has to do with an increase in the hormone prolactin after coitus.A new study finds that...
View ArticleWhy we have breakup sex, according to psychology
A July 2020 study aimed to better understand post-breakup behavior, specifically why we have breakup sex.This research established there are three main reasons people engage in breakup sex:...
View ArticleSexual harassment claims from "non-stereotypical women" seen as less credible
Sexual harassment is behavior characterized by the making of unwelcome and inappropriate sexual remarks or physical advances.Results of a 2018 survey showed that 81% of women (and 43% of men) had...
View ArticleHere’s how you know when someone’s lying to your face
A study uses motion-capture to assess the physical interaction between a liar and their victim.Liars unconsciously coordinate their movements to their listener.The more difficult the lie, the more the...
View ArticleFOSTA-SESTA: Have controversial sex trafficking acts done more harm than good?
SESTA (Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act) and FOSTA (Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act) started as two separate bills that were both created with a singular goal: curb...
View ArticleWireless brain-to-brain communication steps closer to human trials
Brain-to-machine interfaces have existed for years, but wireless and non-invasive interfaces aren't yet precise enough to be useful in real-world applications.In experiments on insects, a team at Rice...
View ArticleOrnamental dinosaur frills seem to have evolved thanks to sexual selection
New research seeks to explain why dinosaurs featured an elaborate diversity of ornamentation in their frills and crests.A team at the Natural History Museum in London investigated a sheep-size Gobi...
View ArticleBDSM therapy: Are there therapeutic and relational benefits to being submissive?
BDSM is an acronym encompassing a variety of sexual practices that include: bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, and sadism/masochism. The practice of BDSM usually consists of partners taking on...
View ArticleNew research reveals why some octopuses punch fish
Octopuses are part of multispecific collaborative hunting groups with bottom-feeding fish. New research shows octopuses defending their territory by punching fish. The team believes this research...
View ArticleIs empathy always good?
Empathy is a useful tool that allows humans (and other species) to connect and form mutually beneficial bonds, but knowing how and when to be empathic is just as important as having empathy.Filmmaker...
View ArticleRegret over a hookup doesn’t change our behavior
Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology investigate the degree to which regret regarding sexual encounters makes us modify our behavior.Women more often have regrets about...
View ArticleStressed-out mothers are twice as likely to give birth to a girl
A new study found that women with elevated stress before, during, and after conception are twice as likely to deliver a girl.One factor could be that sperm carrying an X chromosome are better equipped...
View ArticleHow gratitude makes you more attractive
When someone says thank you, who is it for? According to Dr. Sara Algoe, expressions of gratitude have a positive effect on the person receiving the message, the person delivering it, and even those...
View ArticleEvidence of an impending breakup may exist in speech patterns
When doubts about a relationship start to creep in, people don't just blurt them out. They might not want to worry their partner and figure they'll ride out what could just be a rough patch. They...
View ArticleThe science behind ‘us vs. them’
From politics to every day life, humans have a tendency to form social groups that are defined in part by how they differ from other groups.Neuroendocrinologist Robert Sapolsky, author Dan Shapiro,...
View Article5 ways we all live like royalty
This article was originally published on our sister site, Freethink. Freethink has partnered with the Build for Tomorrow podcast, to go inside new episodes each month. Subscribe here to learn more...
View ArticleSperm may play bigger role in pregnancy than we thought
The following article was originally published on our sister site, Freethink.New research suggests that sperm play a bigger role in pregnancy than previously believed, not only fertilizing the egg,...
View ArticleThere never was a male fertility crisis
A new review of a famous study on declining sperm counts finds several flaws.The old report makes unfounded assumptions, has faulty data, and tends toward panic.The new report does not rule out that...
View ArticleThe science of sex, love, attraction, and obsession
How love makes us feel can only be defined on an individual basis, but what it does to the body, specifically the brain, is now less abstract thanks to science.One of the problems with early-stage...
View ArticleHow romantic love is like addiction
Many writers have commented on the addictive qualities of love. Science agrees.The reward system of the brain reacts similarly to both love and drugsSomeday, it might be possible to treat "love...
View ArticleConventional wisdom says we shouldn’t date our friends. It’s wrong.
Two-thirds of couples reported dating someone who they knew as a friend first, contrary to cultural expectations. These relationships often existed for years and began with no romantic element.Most...
View ArticleThe misguided history of female anatomy
The history of medicine and biology often has been embarrassingly wrong when it comes to female anatomy and was surprisingly resistant to progress.Aristotle and the ancient Greeks are much to blame...
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