This week in Sexy Science News…
I LOVE science. I LOVE sex. Here’s where the two meet.
There just might be a genetic switch that makes women like men… or women!
“A GENE has been discovered that appears to dictate the sexual preferences of female mice. Delete the gene and the modified mice reject the advances of the males and attempt to mate with other females instead.”
When do boys learn to be men?
“The differences in mothers’ and fathers’ interactions with their children, particularly in play situations, may influence toddlers’ associations of specific behaviors with male and female genders. According to Eric Lindsey from Penn State Berks in the US, and his colleagues, context, gender of the parent and gender of the child combine in a complex pattern to shape parent-child interaction.”
Female touch can influence decisions, behaviour – study
“A simple pat on the back of the shoulder by a female in a way that connotes support may evoke feelings that are similar to the sense of security afforded by a mother’s comforting touch in infancy,” they wrote in the study.”
Evolutionary Hide & Seek: Species Avoids Extinction By Abstaining from Sex for 30 Million Years
“They haven’t had sex in some 30 million years, but some very small invertebrates named bdelloid rotifers should have gone extinct long ago. Cornell researchers have discovered the secret to their evolutionary longevity: they are microscopic escape artists.”
It’s fun to watch people Flirt … even when talking about Science.
“When Brendon and Rachel discuss their respective science backgrounds, it morphs into some weird verbal foreplay that leads Rachel to say she “just fell in love” in the ’Big Brother’ (Sun., 8PM ET on CBS) house.”
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