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Women Live Longer Than Men Thanks to Their Immune System

On average, women tend to live longer than men. According to a new research, their longevity might be due to their having an immune system that ages a tad more slowly than that of men. The claim that the average woman's immune system is what adds years to her life is based on data collected while analyzing blo...

15 May 2013
16:01 GMT

Women Really Are More Attracted to Musicians, French Study Finds

According to a study recently carried out by French researchers, women have a rather difficult time sending a musician on his way and not giving him their number. To put it bluntly: this study claims that musicians really are considered to be more attractive, and that women prefer them over sporty-looking men. Da...

8 May 2013
16:11 GMT

Beard and Mustache Championship Held in Germany – Video

I have come across yet another beard contest, this time held in Germany, in the small town of Pforzheim. On April 27, some 100 men proudly wearing their facial hair gathered to participate in the 26th German Beard and Mustache Championship. According to Huffington Post, they entered appropriately titled categories ...

2 May 2013
09:44 GMT

Women Smokers Have It Worse Than Men, Specialists Claim

Smoking seriously ups one's chances of developing cancer, specialists keep telling us. Still, it does not really seem fair that this habit harms some more than others. According to a research whose findings were published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention this past April 30, women r...

1 May 2013
16:51 GMT

Kilt-Wearing Men Are More Fertile than Others

A team of Scottish researchers have recently made it public news that, according to their investigations, kilts yield significant health benefits. More precisely, it appears that these items of clothing make men more fertile than their pants-wearing counterparts. By the looks of it, it all comes down to making su...

18 April 2013
10:16 GMT

Study Proves Men Have Trouble Reading Women's Emotions

A study published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE on April 10 brings forth scientific evidence in favor of the claim that men lack “talent” when it comes to reading and understanding women's emotions. The conclusions listed in this study were reached after a team of researchers asked several vol...

13 April 2013
17:01 GMT

Women Cannot Stand Men's Fully-Grown Beards, Study Claims

A team of researchers writing in the scientific journal Evolution and Human Behavior maintain that, all things considered, women are bound to hate the beards some men choose to sport. The researchers are not saying that there are no exceptions to this behavior. Still, they wish to stress the fact that, as a general...

13 April 2013
15:41 GMT

Men Wrestle Deer, Make It Wear a T-Shirt

About a week ago, a video showing several men harassing a trapped deer and making it wear a T-shirt was posted on YouTube. The video might have been pulled only a few days later, yet the media stir caused by these men's display of animal cruelty is unlikely to fade away anytime soon. Those who had the chance...

12 April 2013
16:41 GMT

Childless Men Are More Depressed Than Women Who Have No Offspring

A team of researchers speaking at yesterday's annual meeting of the British Sociological Association in London maintain that, as their investigations have shown, men do wish to have children, and are likely to get more depressed than childless women if they don't. Apart from their being depressed because ...

3 April 2013
08:12 GMT

Bowel Cancer Rates Amongst Men Up by Nearly 30% in Just 35 Years

Judging by what one report issued by Cancer Research UK has to say, men might want to keep a closer eye on the health of their bowels. This is because, as the report shows, cancer rates amongst men in the UK (especially those in their 60s and 70s) have risen by nearly 30 in just 35 years. However, it seems that b...

2 April 2013
15:51 GMT

Not-So-Manly Men Preferred by Women on the Pill

The latest issue of the scientific journal Psychoneuroendocrinology witnessed the publication of a new study stating that, as several investigations have shown, women who use oral contraceptives are more likely to prefer men whose masculine features are not all that pronounced. Not to beat about the bush, this part...

29 March 2013
17:41 GMT

Women Scientifically Proven to Make Better Decisions Than Men

Two specialists recently went through the trouble of trying to figure out whether the best decisions are more often than not taken by men or by women. Following their investigations, they came to understand that the latter are significantly more gifted when it comes to both weighing pro and con arguments, and balan...

26 March 2013
10:57 GMT

Men and Women Smoke for Entirely Different Reason, Researchers Say

According to a new investigation commissioned by SKYCIG, a distributor of e-cigarettes, men and women tend to smoke for entirely different reason. Thus, it is being said that, whereas men often smoke when socializing with friends, women are more likely to light up when feeling stressed. The specialists who took t...

14 March 2013
16:51 GMT

Women Scientifically Proven to Be Grumpier Than Men in the Morning

A new research whose findings were published in the online journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity argues that there is a scientific explanation for why women tend to be grumpier than men in the morning. By the looks of it, it all comes down to how much sleep they need and how much sleep they actually get. The team ...

13 March 2013
02:51 GMT

Women Have Smaller, yet More Efficient Brains than Men

Those who used to keep themselves entertained by joking about how women have smaller brains than men might wish to remain silent on this issue after learning that the female brain can actually surpass the performances of the male one as far as efficiency is concerned. Long story short: a study recently made availab...

4 March 2013
03:04 GMT

Scientists Explain Why Women Talk More Than Men

Most men are well aware of the fact that women can be quite chatty, yet up until recently, the scientific community was unable to provide a satisfactory explanation for why it is that women have a rather difficult time keeping quiet. However, a team of researchers working with the University of Maryland now claim t...

21 February 2013
08:27 GMT

Women and Men Run Equal Risks of Dying from Lung Cancer

After carrying out two large surveys, a team of scientists wishing to investigate the effects of smoking on public health in the United States has reached the conclusion that, as least as far as lung cancer risks are concerned, overzealous feminists can now rest assured. To cut a long story short, they found that t...

24 January 2013
15:31 GMT

Meggings, Male Tights, Are the Newest in Fashion Trends for Men

Meggings, or male leggings, are sweeping the fashion world, and celebrities are setting the tone. It used to be that only men in ballets or musical productions of Robin Hood would wear tights, but, this winter, male tights have a chance of going mainstream. Uniqlo, Barneys and Nordstrom are apparently already sellin...

10 December 2012
08:37 GMT

Women Prefer Thin Over Macho, Study Shows

A study led by scientists at the University of Pretoria in South Africa and published in the November 27 issue of the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Nor repels the long-known myth according to which macho features are what a woman is more attracted by in men. Scientists say that the macho aspect has lon...

29 November 2012
10:02 GMT

Men Eating Meat Enhance Their Sense of Manhood, Study Reveals

A study conducted by researchers at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky shows that men's belief about eating meat being a sign of stronger manhood has a scientific basis. They have been hunters at their origins and it seems like no millenniums of civilization can't erase that from their genes. P...

24 November 2012
04:44 GMT

Robert Pattinson Is UK’s Hottest Man for 2012

It may come as very little consolation after the Kristen Stewart hearbreak, but Robert Pattinson is still enjoying a lot of popularity with the public. So much so, in fact, that he’s just been voted the hottest man for 2012 by Glamour UK. This is the second year that the handsome “Twilight” star wi...

2 October 2012
15:01 GMT

Heart Attack Risks Higher in Male Sexual Abuse Victims

University of Toronto graduate students Raluca Bejan, John Hunter, Tamara Grundland and Sarah Brennenstuhl found in a new study that men who were sexually abused as children were around 300 percent more likely to suffer a heart attack as adults than peers who experienced no such abuse.Details of their research were p...

8 September 2012
06:57 GMT

Men and Women Literally See Things Differently

Women and men indeed see things differently, a new study finds. That is to say, their visual cortices are wired differently, and have evolved to be efficient at discerning between different types of stimuli. While the visual cortex of a man is hardwired to observe rapid-moving stimuli and very fine details, that of ...

4 September 2012
10:57 GMT

Alzheimer’s Acts Faster in Women Than in Men

According to the conclusions of a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Hertfordshire, in the United Kingdom, women who suffer from Alzheimer's disease experience neural degeneration faster than men suffering from the same form of dementia. The accelerated, more pronounced mental degeneration...

27 August 2012
05:48 GMT

What Distracts Men and Women During Conversations

In a study of 34 volunteers, experts at the University of Southern California (USC) determined that men and women fix their gaze on different types of objects while they talk, and also that their attention is distracted by different things. In order to conduct such an investigation, the team had the participants wat...

1 August 2012
11:37 GMT

Matt Bomer Talks Manscaping for “Magic Mike” Role

They say no sacrifice is big enough for your art and Matt Bomer certainly knows the meaning of this now. The handsome actor has admitted to manscaping and buffing up for his role in the upcoming film “Magic Mike.” The film is inspired by Channing Tatum's stripper past and tells the story of a group ...

15 June 2012
15:41 GMT

Sons of Older Fathers Live Longer

Now this is odd! Apparently, the age at which men procreate is tied to how long their offspring will live. A new study has demonstrated that the older the men are when they procreate, the longer their sons and daughters will live. This has to do with the way the body invests resources in repairing cells and tissue...

12 June 2012
10:16 GMT

Stress Doesn't Necessarily Make Men More Aggressive

German investigators from the University of Freiburg have determined in a new research that putting men under a lot of stress does not necessarily make them more aggressive. In addition, it was found that the type of social contact males experience before the stressful event determines their response. In other word...

22 May 2012
10:29 GMT

Why Some Women Favor Their Careers, Not Families

Women tend to focus more on their careers and workplace when men are not available, or in scarce supply. The conclusion belongs to a study that looked at men-to-women ratios throughout the general population, and derived long-term trends based on these data. Whenever the number of females far exceeds that of males,...

18 April 2012
09:59 GMT

M&S Re-Launches Dri-Guard, the Sweat-Resistant Shirt

With temperatures soaring, so will the number of men and women experiencing that awkward moment when they realize they have sweat stains on their shirt. For the former, M&S has the perfect solution: the newly re-launched Dri-Guard, sweat-resistant shirt. Men will soon be able to commute to work without having to dr...

4 April 2012
16:21 GMT

Sleep Problems Improve with Age

As one of the hundreds of millions of people worldwide who cannot sleep properly at night, I was very excited to hear about a new research showing that sleep quality improves with age. The sad part about this study is that you have to wait until you're 80+ to experience these benefits. The bright side is that th...

3 March 2012
07:03 GMT

Softpedia Exclusive: Marco Berardini of EvolutionMan

Back in November 2011, we ran a piece that surprised us all for the kind of reaction it generated in our readers – our male readers in particular, since this was an article about cosmetic products for men. You can see it here if you missed it. We all know that men too like grooming, even if many of them will pr...

25 February 2012
09:11 GMT

Cell Phone Use Patterns Reveal How Men, Women See Relationships

A group of investigators at the Northeastern University and the University of Oxford says that mobile phone data are an abundant gold mine for extracting data on human reproductive strategies, as well as on their relationships and associated behaviors. The team says that analyzing text message and call patterns can...

2 February 2012
14:01 GMT

David Beckham Named Hottest Hunk on the Planet

While this kind of lists usually emerge at the end of the year, January is just as good a month as December. Heat magazine has just unveiled its 101 Hottest Hunks of the Planet inaugural list.AceShowbiz has all the details: it appears that David Beckham continues to reign supreme with the ladies, since he's just...

31 January 2012
15:31 GMT

Memory Affects Senior Men More than Women

An interesting study I've just come across says that older men are more likely to suffer from memory loss – primarily through the development of mild cognitive impairment – than elderly women. I think this study has some interesting implications in the long run. Another reason why these results are ...

27 January 2012
10:11 GMT

Women Don't Have Higher Tolerance to Pain

Every woman I've ever met always cited some studies saying that women tend to be more resilient to pain. Well, this new research from experts at the Stanford University School of Medicine proves that claim to be false. In nearly all disease categories, women reported experiencing more intense pain than men did...

25 January 2012
10:41 GMT

Prejudice Stems from Different Roots in Men and Women

According to a group of researchers at the Michigan State University, it would appear that men and women display prejudice for different reasons. This is one of the few studies to look at what causes the two genders to behave in this manner. Until now, it was thought that men and women had similar reasons for behavin...

25 January 2012
07:42 GMT

Why Narcissism Is Bad for Men

According to the conclusions of a new investigation conducted by University of Michigan (U-M) psychologists, and published in the latest issue of the peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE, it would appear that being narcissistic makes men more likely to become sick. This personality trait is apparently somehow linked to b...

24 January 2012
05:58 GMT

Marriages Fare Better When Couple Befriend Other Married Couples

Geoffrey Greif and Kathleen Holtz Deal recently released a new book, called “Two Plus Two: Couples and Their Couple Friendships.” In it, they describe how being friends with other married couples can help people who are already married overcome the obstacles in their path with greater ease. What the boo...

16 January 2012
10:42 GMT

Scarcity of Women Makes Men Spend More

Investigators at the University of Minnesota discovered in a recent study that men tend to display an increase in overall impulsive behaviors when they perceive a scarcity of women available “on the market.” This also translates into a tendency to spend more, and become less frugal. What is interesting a...

13 January 2012
10:27 GMT

Self-Deception Is Key to Love Life

Psychologists from the University of Texas in Austin (UTA) say that individuals looking for mates are experiencing a type of self-deception that may, oddly enough, increase their chances at playing the mating game successfully. For starters, women have been proven to constantly underestimate the amount of interest ...

15 December 2011
04:21 GMT

Hairy Men Are Better at Detecting Bedbugs

Ladies, it may be worthwhile to have a hairy man by your side after all. A new study shows that men with more bodily hair are better at detecting bedbugs crawling on the conjugal bed than those who groom themselves excessively. This was detected in controlled laboratory settings, where scientists put men with both ...

14 December 2011
03:51 GMT

New Nail Polish Line Is Exclusively for Men

Men have long worn makeup and nail polish but, until just recently, this was something more worthy of a rock star than your average Joe. Starting from now, the Joes too can dream of rocking nail polish and not being frowned upon. Evolution Man has designed a new nail polish line exclusively for the gents and, as if t...

1 November 2011
15:51 GMT

Hottest Trend Right Now: High Heels for Men

While some men feel sympathy for women who “have to” wear high heels because of how uncomfortable they can be and the damage they can do to their spine, others dream of wearing them without being judged. A new trend is on the rise and, you may have guessed it, it has to do with men’s love of high he...

19 October 2011
13:41 GMT

Men Are Naturally Prone to Childcare as Well

The results of a new scientific study appear to indicate that men and women share an equal natural inclination towards rearing and taking care of their children. These conclusions go against decades of established data saying that only women evolved to display this type of behavior. Details of the investigation w...

13 September 2011
10:05 GMT

Men, Women Display Similar Happiness Levels

Investigators involved in conducting the DDB Needham Life Style Survey say that their preliminary results indicate happiness levels to be very similar between men and women, far more so than past studies had suggested. Primarily, the study data covered the decades between 1985 and 2005. The statistics show that b...

8 September 2011
07:59 GMT

Why Men Prefer Not to Try and Talk About It

In a recent survey of more than 2,000 children and adolescents, researchers at the University of Missouri discovered that boys and men prefer not to talk about their problems because they don't see the useful aspect of doing so. In other words, males don't tend to talk too much about their problems because ...

23 August 2011
07:57 GMT

Why Only Few Women Reach Top Positions at the Workplace

Researchers at the Indiana University, working together with colleagues at the Cornell University, recently determined that hectic jobs, which involve more than 50 hours of work per week, tent to hinder women's performances. This may explain why so few women make it to top positions.For years, women's right...

22 August 2011
09:41 GMT

Old-Age Body Satisfaction Depends on Gender

The conclusions of a new scientific study indicate that men and women tend to view they way their bodies function and look – a measure called body satisfaction – differently as they age. The same work revealed that performing physical activities boosts body satisfaction for both genders.The new investigat...

3 August 2011
17:01 GMT

Risk-Taking Scenarios Vary More Than Expected

Psychologists have been studying risk-taking behaviors for many decades, but they are only now beginning to grasp their complexity. A new study reveals that risk-takers' decisions are oftentimes influenced by the domain in which the risk applies, or the situation that informs it. What this means is that peopl...

30 July 2011
06:05 GMT


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