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NEWS ABOUT: attraction

attraction stories: 10 news summaries

 40% Bare Is 
 How Women 
 Best Attract Men 

But too much flesh smacks of infidelity

Nov 19, 09 4:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Researchers have discovered that women who bare 40% of their body are the most effective at attracting males. Female scientists studied women at a popular nightclub, and placed percentage values on how much skin they exposed. A bare arm counted for 10%, a leg 15% and so on. They found... More »

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nudity • sex • indecent exposure • nightclub • attraction • dating • public nudity • sexual attraction

Want to Be a Chick Magnet? Stop Showering

Smelling chemical in sweat makes women
consider men cuter

Sep 10, 09 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Men, if you want to win over your date, maybe you should skip the shower. A chemical found in both sexes' sweat attracts women, a study suggests. A researcher in Scotland dabbed a bit of the testosterone-derived chemical on female subjects’ upper lips before a speed-dating session, the Independent reports.... More »

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women • men • sex • love • pheremones • sweat • attraction • romance • pheromone • androstadienone

 Men Hot for 
 Average  
 Women:  
 Study 

Sorry, hotties: scientists find males prefer typical to supermodel

Jun 11, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Women need not be supermodels or Playboy bunnies to attract men’s attention. In fact, guys tend to find so-called average women the most attractive, scientists tell the Telegraph. They polled 100 male students on line drawings of women’s torsos with varying measurements, and found that the men preferred... More »

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Australia • women • men • study • sex • attraction • Playboy • average

 How Long to Fall in Love? 
 8.2 Seconds 

A man's gaze can indicate his intentions: study

Mar 26, 09 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Is he in love? Grab a stopwatch to know: At first encounter, the length of man’s gaze betrays his interest in a woman, a study of 115 students’ eye movements has uncovered. Four seconds say he’s unimpressed, but 4.2 more and he may be in love, the... More »

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women • study • love • attraction • male brain • Howard Stern Grid

 Outage Strands 173 on 
 Singapore Ferris Wheel 

545-foot-tall ride is world's largest; no serious injuries reported

Dec 23, 08 4:15 PM CST
(Newser) - 173 passengers on the world’s largest observation wheel were stuck for 6 hours today when a fire caused the Singapore Flyer to lose power, AFP reports. 10 of the stranded sightseers were lowered to safety in harnesses, while the rest waited for electricity to return. Its manager said some... More »

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Singapore • rescue • power outage • attraction • stranded passengers • observation wheel • Singapore Flyer

(Newser) - Ladies looking to attract a man can ditch their magazines and follow some simple advice instead: Wear something red. So say researchers at the University of Rochester, who conducted five scientific-sounding experiments to conclude that men aren't all that complicated. The test subjects, all undergrads, judged women as sexier and... More »

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love • behavior • attraction • red

Beauty and Beast Spark Good Lovin'

Couples fare better
if woman is more attractive: study

Apr 12, 08 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Trophy wives, take heart. A recent study shows that marriages fare better if the wife is more attractive than the husband. The University of Tennessee survey of 82 couples showed that men place a high premium on a woman’s beauty while women value a caring, supportive husband over chiseled... More »

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marriage • beauty • love • attraction • dating • relationship • happiness

(Newser) - It takes more than comb-overs and beer bellies to make the world's 100 unsexiest men list. The Boston Phoenix factors behavior into its list of oh-so-fugly gents. A peek at who snagged the top (dis)honors:
  1. Roger Clemens: baseball (and steroid?) star.
  2. Spencer Pratt: Heidi's smarmy boyfriend on The
... More »

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Tom Cruise • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Roger Clemens • list • awards • Eliot Spitzer • attraction • Larry Craig • Perez Hilton • Lou Dobbs • Dr Phil • Ryan Seacrest • Spencer Pratt

Bad Lip-Lock Is Kiss of Death

Even attraction can't overcome a sucky smooch

Dec 4, 07 9:10 AM CST
(Newser) - You must remember this: A kiss isn't just a kiss. If it's bad, it can actually kill a budding relationship, a new survey says. Some 59% of men and 66% of women said they've had the hots for someone—until that first, deadly kiss, CNN reports. "I knew this... More »

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sex • kissing • attraction • dating • The Art of Kissing

Women Have Been Falling for Brad Pitt Types for 2.6M Years

Rules of attraction haven't changed much

Aug 25, 07 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The facial proportions of the average hot guy haven't changed much throughout human  evolutionary history, finds a new study that compares contemporary human skulls with skulls from 2.6 million years ago. Women have been selecting for males with short, broad faces—think Brad Pitt and Will Smith—since the... More »

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gender • evolution • Brad Pitt • women • men • science • human evolution • biology • attraction

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