Read moreLet’s talk first about the pill’s implications for the types of guys that heterosexual women are attracted to. Naturally cycling women find different types of men sexy depending upon where they are in their cycle; when they are ovulating, they report greater attraction to “manly” men (i.e., guys with deep voices and chiselled faces).
Read moreSo, across all these studies, females seemed to be transmitting their cooperative ideals to men, and even other women.
They made men more likely to think of others with a more cooperative mindset and are more likely to work out how to maximize outcomes for both themselves and for other people.
Read moreGiven that having sex for avoidance goals is associated with more negative outcomes for both partners, is it better to not have sex at all than to have sex for avoidance goals? Not necessarily. Couples reported higher relationship satisfaction on days when they had sex, regardless of their reasons for doing so, compared to days without sex.
Good Men Project – Dear Daughter, I Hope You Have Awesome Sex…
You know, if we draw a continuum, on the far right is the guy the above-linked author caricatured — the idiot who is busy trying to gain control over his daughter’s sexuality by threatening the life of his daughter’s boyfriend.
Read moreGPG Tools for Mac – The ultimate in stupidly simple file and email encryption for Mac.
GNU Privacy Guard for Windows – Decently simple Windows file and email encryption.
Ok, let’s get one thing on the table: Claiming that email is about as insecure as a postcard is actually an insult to the integrity of postal workers the world over.
Read moreRead moreTo summarize, here are the action steps to start practicing every day:
1. Notice the emotions you experience and give them a name.
2. Practice being aware of what your body is doing throughout the day in various activities.
3. Spend 10 minutes every day in silence with your eyes closed focusing on your breathing.
Read moreKeep in mind that up until 1943, marijuana was part of the United States drug pharmacopeia. One of the conditions for which it was prescribed was neuropathic pain. It is a miserable pain that’s tough to treat. My own patients have described it as “lancinating, burning and a barrage of pins and needles.”
Read moreThe hardware necessary to simulate the activity of 1.73 billion nerve cells connected by 10.4 trillion synapses (just 1 percent of a brain’s total neural network) for 1 biological second: 82,944 processors on the K supercomputer and 1 petabyte of memory (24MB per synapse).
Read more[Myth #] 5. Coffee is bad for you.
FICTION – This myth has been perpetrated from studies that have now been disproved. According to the Mayo Clinic, “Earlier studies didn’t always take into account that known high-risk behaviours, such as smoking and physical inactivity, tended to be more common among heavy coffee drinkers at that time.”
Read moreSo the scientists next gently placed the remaining mice in ice-cold water for five minutes. Mice do not enjoy cold water. They find immersion stressful and anxiety-inducing, although it is not life-threatening.
Then the scientists checked these animals’ brains. They were looking for markers, known as immediate early genes, that indicate a neuron has recently fired.
