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    Vulcan Has No Moon: "Who knows how much research into sexual selection has been flawed because researchers forgot the crucial ingredient of female freedom?" Female prefe... more »
    corpore-metal: Bah! Who needs to be nice guy or a bad guy when you can be an evil genius and build all your own children or pleasure bots! (Peels of loud sardonic a... more »
    DrMathochist: Other studies of sex among water striders had kept the population contained in a limited area, where females had access to very few males. Compare th... more »
    Chip Overclock: He's just not that into you. #science more »
    Cal Hawks: The less aggressive ones got that "Quiet cool" They're like the Fonz! #science more »
    Indigen: That's good for waterstriders. Now do you believe it has anything to do even remotely with humans? If you say yes, is there a way I can filter your c... more »
    Chuck: If the past week or two of critter sex articles have taught me anything, it's that I'd rather be a fruit bat than a water strider... #science more »
    Jes St.Lawrence: Deep thought: Water Striders don't consume alcohol. #science more »
    JRD_2: But Dinesh D'souza told me that altruism can't be explained by selection! Science must have it wrong. #science more »
    nexialist: hm, what about gentleman-psychopaths? #science more »
    Nivenus: From what I've read, heard, and guessed, it's not so much that girls like bad boys - it's that they like *confident* boys. And in general, rebellious,... more »
    reddingofish: The question for the male becomes, do you want children or do you want to get laid? #science more »
    Pope John Peeps II: "Researchers also believe the females reponded poorly to the smell of Drakkar Noir and Jagermeister." #science more »
    burlybax: Next time Im at a bar, and I see a guy trying too hard and striking out, im going to pull this study up on my phone and explain it to him, and show hi... more »
    TemporalSword: This is not the case in broad human populations, where the nice guys always finish last. #science more »
  • #evolution

    Why Aggressive Men Finish Last

    Among the tiny insects known as water striders, males who aggressively attempt to mate with females don't wind up with as many offspring as their more gentlemanly counterparts. How can aggressive mating ever be a losing strategy? More »
  • #evolution

    Species Diversity Not Caused By Environment

    Accepted scientific wisdom holds that new species arise because of geographic separation - the same bird evolves differently on two different islands. But a new study overturns this idea, challenging the importance of environment as a driver of evolution. More »
  • #evolution

    Science Still Cannot Explain Why Women Sleep Around

    Seed beetles are polyandrous – females mate with multiple males, and choose which sperm will fertilize their eggs afterward. Scientists long believed they did this to get the best sperm. But a new study shows the fittest males always lose. More »
  • #sexualselection

    Europeans Pick Mates By Smell More Often than Africans Do

  • #sexualselection

    Why Nature Prefers a Small Man to Mate with a Big Woman