The love delusion
When is it clever to be a biased, self-deceiving liar? When you're playing the dating game
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Love is the drug for male finches
Some people get their kicks from drugs and alcohol, but male birds seem to get equally high while serenading a mate feeds.newscientist.com |
Hunks get more sex, but there's a price to pay
Beefcakes may be able to attract women by rippling their muscles, but all that He-Man brawn comes at a biological cost, finds a new study feeds.newscientist.com |
Women with good genes may have more sexual partners
Female students with a genetically diverse immune system said they had sex with more people than their peers did feeds.newscientist.com |
Post-coital warfare: insect semen kills rival sperm
Males of some social insects carry on the fight for females after insemination: their seminal fluid harms sperm of other males, but not their own feeds.newscientist.com |