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 Breakup Ballad
This week, answers to readers' questions about what to do when you run into a boyfriend who dumped you and other issues. nytimes.com |
Has the mystery of sex been explained at last?
Biologists have long struggled to explain why most creatures reproduce sexually when they could just clone themselves – now at last it's becoming clear not only why sex evolved, but when 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 |
Being in love eases the pain
Cupid's victims are less sensitive to pain, at least in the dizzy days of young love feeds.newscientist.com |