Scientists reveal the secret of cuddles
A woman with no sense of touch still enjoyed a hug - revealing the function of a mysterious type of nerve pheedo.com |
The dizzying diversity of human sexual strategies
If our biology has designed us to procreate, why do people have such widely different attitudes to sex? investigates feeds.newscientist.com |
High hormone levels in women linked to unfaithfulness
Young women who produce naturally high levels of oestrogen rate themselves as more attractive and may be more likely to "trade up" their partners feeds.newscientist.com |
Homosexual selection: The power of same-sex liaisons
From penguins to fruit flies to people, nature bustles with same-sex sex. Is it an evolutionary puzzle or a force for change? feeds.newscientist.com |
Zoologger: The heaviest animal in the air
Great bustard males are three times the weight of the females – but in case you didn't notice, they have whopping great whiskers too feeds.newscientist.com |