Other

Hisss and hers: When women are best at spotting snakes

Women who have just finished ovulating are better at detecting snakes than at other times of their menstrual cycle, according to an unusual study that sheds light on in-built reflexes for survival.

Health

Females may be more susceptible to infection during ovulation

A new research report in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that a woman's ovarian cycle plays an important role in her susceptibility to infection. Specifically, researchers from Spain and Austria found that women ...

Other

Women on Pill pick a dud in bed but a dude in the home

Women who take the Pill tend to choose as partners men who are less attractive and worse in bed but a sounder bet for a long-term relationship, according to an unusual study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Does your voice share your fertility with others?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Unlike members of other animal species, human females do not have obvious physical signs to show the opposite sex that they are ovulating. But research over the years have found subtle changes in women such ...

Other

Pioneering IVF doctor dies in Australia

A pioneering Australian doctor known for his groundbreaking work on the world's first pregnancy through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) has died after a long illness.

Medical research

Do women's voices really allow men to detect ovulation?

The voice can reveal a lot about a person - their sex, their age, how they are feeling - and recent studies have even suggested that women's voices might also contain cues that men can read about how close they are to ovulation. ...

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