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Sex and the female brain: Protein in semen acts on female brain to prompt ovulation

Sex and the female brain: Protein in semen acts on female brain to prompt ovulation | Science News | Scoop.it
Scientists have discovered that a protein in semen acts on the female brain to prompt ovulation, and is the same molecule that regulates the growth, maintenance, and survival of nerve cells.
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NCBI ROFL: Women’s sexual and emotional responses to male- and female-produced erotica. | Discoblog | Discover Magazine

NCBI ROFL: Women’s sexual and emotional responses to male- and female-produced erotica. | Discoblog | Discover Magazine | Science News | Scoop.it
NCBI ROFL | Whether erotic films made by women are more arousing for women than erotic films made by men was studied.
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Matters of the Brain: Why Men and Women Are So Different

Matters of the Brain: Why Men and Women Are So Different | Science News | Scoop.it

"We do socialize our boys and girls differently, but the contribution of biology is not zero," said Diane Halpern, a professor of psychology at Claremont McKenna College in California, who has been studying cognitive gender differences for 25 years.

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Women with heart disease more likely to have baby girls

Women with heart disease more likely to have baby girls | Science News | Scoop.it
Women with heart disease are more likely to give birth to female rather than male babies according to a new study.
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Teachers think white females lag behind in math, study finds

Teachers think white females lag behind in math, study finds | Science News | Scoop.it

High school math teachers tend to rate white female students’ math abilities lower than those of their white male peers, even when their grades and test scores are comparable, according to a University of Texas at Austin study.

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How Men Can Decode Women's Menstrual Cycles | Popular Science

How Men Can Decode Women's Menstrual Cycles | Popular Science | Science News | Scoop.it
The clues are in her voice...
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Why men 'exhibit warrior tendencies'

Why men 'exhibit warrior tendencies' | Science News | Scoop.it
A new study has looked into how our psychology concerning war and conflict may have been shaped by our evolutionary past.
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Majority Doesn't Care Whether Boss Is Male or Female - Forbes

Majority Doesn't Care Whether Boss Is Male or Female - Forbes | Science News | Scoop.it
It's not all Devil Wears Prada out there in the workplace. A recent study showed that "fewer and fewer Americans care whether the boss is a man or a woman.
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Women Are Better Connected… Neurally

Women Are Better Connected… Neurally | Science News | Scoop.it

The search for differences between the brains of men and women has a long and rather confusing history. Any structural differences are small, and their significance is controversial. The one rock-solid finding is that men’s brains are slightly bigger on average. Then again, men are slightly bigger on average in general.

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Is the female brain innately inferior?

Is the female brain innately inferior? | Science News | Scoop.it

Gender Brain Myths

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Sexy snacks: Study finds female mate searching evolves when mating gifts are important

Sexy snacks: Study finds female mate searching evolves when mating gifts are important | Science News | Scoop.it
In the animal world, males typically search for their female partners. The mystery is that in some species, you get a reversal -- the females search for males.
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Girlie scientist role models could do more harm than good

Girlie scientist role models could do more harm than good | Science News | Scoop.it

The trouble, according to a pair of new studies by Diana Betz and Denise Sekaquaptewa at the University of Michigan, is that girlie science role models can backfire, actually putting off girls who have little existing interest in science and maths subjects.

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Biologists turn back the clock to understand evolution of sex differences

Biologists turn back the clock to understand evolution of sex differences | Science News | Scoop.it
Sex differences account for some of the most of the spectacular traits in nature: the wild colours of male guppies, the plumage of peacocks, tusks on walruses and antlers on moose.
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[VIDEO] Female Robot Geminoid F - Better Than Your Girlfriend!

The new gynoid robot named Geminoid F ("F" stands for female) is also designed to be remote controlled by an operator. It is a copy of an actual woman in her 20s with the ability to exhibit diverse facial expressions more naturally than Ishiguro's previous human-like robots.


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[VIDEO] Sexy Japanese robot woman better than your wife!!!

Japan leads the world's robotic industries in fields ranging from manufacturing to entertainment and security.


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Male and female behavior deconstructed

Male and female behavior deconstructed | Science News | Scoop.it
Hormones shape our bodies, make us fertile, excite our most basic urges, and as scientists have known for years, they govern the behaviors that separate men from women. But how?
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Scientists reveal how females store sperm for decades

Scientists reveal how females store sperm for decades | Science News | Scoop.it
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered that all sorts of females – from birds to reptiles to insects – have a nifty trick to prolong the lifespan of sperm, letting them store it for weeks, months or even years on end.
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Mom Is My Wingman: Scientific American

Mom Is My Wingman: Scientific American | Science News | Scoop.it
Male monkeys who live at home have more luck with females...
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Fit females make more daughters, mighty males get grandsons

Fit females make more daughters, mighty males get grandsons | Science News | Scoop.it
Females influence the gender of their offspring so they inherit either their mother's or grandfather's qualities. 'High-quality' females – those which produce more offspring – are more likely to have daughters.
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Sex changes the brain - and it IS different for men and women

Sex changes the brain - and it IS different for men and women | Science News | Scoop.it
A Japanese study of tiny spines that occur between brain cells revealed virgin male rats to have far more of them than more sexually experienced counterparts.
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Female orgasm captured in series of brain scans

Female orgasm captured in series of brain scans | Science News | Scoop.it
The animation will help scientists to understand how the female brain conducts the symphony of activity that leads to an orgasm...
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