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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...

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Human 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,...

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How 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...

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How 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...

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Why 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,...

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Pornography 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...

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Study 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...

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7 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....

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Why 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...

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Why 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:...

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Sexual 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...

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Here’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...

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FOSTA-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...

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Wireless 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...

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Ornamental 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...

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BDSM 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...

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New 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...

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Is 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...

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Regret 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...

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Stressed-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...

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How 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...

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Evidence 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...

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The 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,...

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5 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...

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Sperm 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,...

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There 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...

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The 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...

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How 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...

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Conventional 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...

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The 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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