Love really is blind, or at least blinkered
Attractive people of the opposite sex are repulsive when you're in love, finds a study perhaps so you gain a reproductive advantage pheedo.com |
Spanking 'brings couples together'
Stress associated with sadomasochistic activities soon dies away, hormone studies show, and couples report increases in relationship closeness feeds.newscientist.com |
Love hormone boosts strangers' sex appeal
Oxytocin – a chemical best known for cementing the bond between a mother and her newborn child – could also play a part in finding a mate feeds.newscientist.com |
Limp reception for female 'libido drug'
A drug dubbed 'female Viagra' that boosts women's libido may have come a step closer, but is it really necessary? feeds.newscientist.com |
Evolutionary sex wars continue despite peace treaties
Beetles show that evolutionary male-female tugs-of-war may not be halted by the emergence of single-sex traits feeds.newscientist.com |