An international team of researchers studied 4,726 volunteers of various ages with healthy brains. Brain scans of the pa…
Gender
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In 2008, near Seville, Spain, archaeologists uncovered a Copper Age burial site that astonished them with its wealth of artifacts. The ancient grave contained a rare ivory tusk, high-quality flint,…
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A large new study from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the U.S. found that exercise’s impact on health and longevity differs between women and men. The researchers report that women get…
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Women often complain that men don’t listen to them. An international team of researchers from the UK, France, and Ecuador says there’s some truth to that — but the reason…
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Men might like to see themselves as the tougher half of the population. However, scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston have found that men’s fatigue is often exaggerated…
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For a long time, people assumed women are more sensitive to cold than men. But recent research shows that’s not true. Women’s heat-retention mechanisms kick in at lower temperatures than…
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A survey of 2,000 Britons revealed that 63% of couples experience tension in their relationships because of differences in how long they sleep. The study found that women spend about…
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Men can typically consume more alcohol than women. However, women are better at processing fatty foods and sugary drinks. What other dietary patterns are influenced by gender? The impact of…
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For most sports, men have historically outperformed women — think the Olympic 100-meter dash — while women have tended to dominate events like shooting and equestrian competitions. A new study…
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Men eat more meat than women — and the gap widens as countries become wealthier, a team from the University of Zurich found. The difference in meat consumption also tends…
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A new study from the University of Nottingham in the U.K. sheds light on how complicated emoji interpretation can be. It finds that gender, culture, and age all shape how…
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have challenged a widely held academic belief that men’s superior spatial orientation skills are rooted in evolution. The study points to a…
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A team at the University of Edinburgh found that young men on a low-calorie diet shed fat twice as fast as young women — but that gap vanishes after about…
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A romantic story has unfolded around the revival of the palm tree Encephalartos woodii. This species was widespread on Earth long before the age of dinosaurs. The last wild specimen…
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New research debunks the long-standing myth that prehistoric men hunted while women only gathered. Research Objective Professor Lacy’s team, which focuses on the health of ancient peoples, collaborated with Cara…
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In many fish species, especially marine ones, females are drab while males are flashy — true “fashionistas” dressed like Spanish grandees. That’s the case with the smarida fish. Male smarida…
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Understanding Communication Between the Genders It’s a shame schools and universities don’t teach us how to communicate with the opposite sex. Sometimes it feels like men and women live on…
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We wish a happy International Women’s Day to women around the world! Just one day a year, and it’s all about us — women. Some people still call women the…