| Even cheap love tokens can buy sex When male flies gave their prospective partners a useless cotton bauble rather than a juicy meal, they still improved their mating chances pheedo.com |
Nerds rejoice: Braininess boosts likelihood of sex Women looking for both short- and long-term relationships go for geniuses over dunces, according to a new study feeds.newscientist.com |
Love skews your sense of smell Women who are deeply in love are less able to smell men who might be rivals for their affections feeds.newscientist.com |
Dangling stockings reveal whales' sex drive It's a neat way to sample sex hormones from the spout of air, water and lung mucus that whales blow into the air as they surface to breathe feeds.newscientist.com |
Ovulation gives women's brains a boost Brain areas involved in facial recognition and navigation vary in size during the menstrual cycle, growing bigger in the run-up to ovulation feeds.newscientist.com |