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Mute male crickets are still trying to serenade females

Life

Mute male crickets are still trying to serenade females

Male Hawaiian crickets that have lost the ability to chirp still go through the motion of “singing”, even though females can’t hear them

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Humans

Valentine’s Day seems to cause a mini baby-boom 9 months later

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Deep-sea fish lay eggs near hydrothermal vents to keep them warm

Life

Deep-sea fish lay eggs near hydrothermal vents to keep them warm

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Harvey Weinstein

Health

Fight continues over whether sex addiction is a real thing

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Couple kissing

Humans

Love at first sight is really just lust or even false memory

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Genital parasite crabs are struggling to find sex partners

Life

Genital parasite crabs are struggling to find sex partners

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Young female monkeys use deer as 'outlet for sexual frustration'

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Young female monkeys use deer as 'outlet for sexual frustration'

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Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?

Life

Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?

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Birds have childhood sweethearts that they stay with as adults

Life

Birds have childhood sweethearts that they stay with as adults

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man and baby

Health

We're heading for a male fertility crisis and we're not prepared

Fertility has been considered a woman's problem for so long, but sperm counts are dropping and men have a ticking clock too. It's time to redress the balance

Features

Humans

The Seduction of Curves revives old ideas about maths and beauty

Culture

Health

Sex addiction isn’t an illness, treating it as one is a bad idea

Analysis

Health

Women don’t need to ‘switch off’ to climax, orgasm study shows

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Life

Female dolphins have weaponised their vaginas to fend off males

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