Gait may be associated with orgasmic ability September 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 82 vote(s)
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A new study found that trained sexologists could infer a woman's history of vaginal orgasm by observing the way she walks. The study is published in the September 2008 issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine, the official ... | |
First penis transplant patient hated it September 18, 2006 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 100 vote(s)
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A Chinese accident victim who became the world's first successful recipient of a transplanted penis psychologically rejected it and asked for its removal. | |
Humans hard-wired to be generous May 28, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 78 vote(s)
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A study by government scientists in Washington indicates humans are hard-wired to be unselfish. | |
Start school later in the morning, say sleepy teens May 20, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 95 vote(s)
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A survey of sleep-deprived teens finds they think that a later start time for school and tests given later in the school day would result in better grades. The survey was presented at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International ... | |
Study: Curvy hips lure men to smart women November 12, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 84 vote(s)
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Women with small waists and big hips also have big IQs, a new U.S. study has found. | |
Good sexual intercourse lasts minutes, not hours, therapists say March 31, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 71 vote(s)
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Satisfactory sexual intercourse for couples lasts from 3 to 13 minutes, contrary to popular fantasy about the need for hours of sexual activity, according to a survey of U.S. and Canadian sex therapists. | |
Woman gives birth to her grandchildren July 22, 2007 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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A Florida woman gave birth to her own grandchildren through in vitro fertilization after her daughter was treated for cervical cancer. | |
Novel mechanism for long-term learning identified by Carnegie Mellon researchers January 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 65 vote(s)
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Practice makes perfect — or at least that’s what we’re told as we struggle through endless rounds of multiplication tables, goal kicks and piano scales — and it seems, based on the personal experience of many, to be true. ... | |
Study finds that people are programmed to love chocolate October 12, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 53 vote(s)
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For the first time, scientists have linked the all-too-human preference for a food — chocolate — to a specific, chemical signature that may be programmed into the metabolic system and is detectable by laboratory tests. The ... | |
No 'smoking' gun -- Research indicates teen marijuana use does not predict drug, alcohol abuse December 04, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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Marijuana is not a "gateway" drug that predicts or eventually leads to substance abuse, suggests a 12-year University of Pittsburgh study. The study, which found that young men who chose to initiate their drug use with marijuana ... | |
Spiritual effects of hallucinogens persist, researchers report July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 87 vote(s)
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In a follow-up to research showing that psilocybin, a substance contained in "sacred mushrooms," produces substantial spiritual effects, a Johns Hopkins team reports that those beneficial effects appear to last more than ... | |
Study links smoking to female offspring April 09, 2007 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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A study in Britain suggests that parents who are smokers at the time of conception are more likely to have a female child. | |
Scientists propose explanation for out-of-body experiences August 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 62 vote(s)
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Using virtual reality goggles to mix up the sensory signals reaching the brain, scientists have induced out-of-body-like experiences in healthy people, suggesting a scientific explanation for a phenomenon often thought to ... | |
Doctors seek to regrow parts of fingers February 14, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Doctors at a Texas military base are testing a procedure on wounded Iraq veterans that may allow them to regrow portions of lost fingers. | |
A stunning new look at deja vu November 28, 2006 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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A blind man suffering déjà vu. It sounds like a contradiction in terms – but the first case study of its kind has turned the whole theory of déjà vu on its head. | |
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