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His ring finger indicates more than just his marital status.
You've probably heard the joke that starts "Guys with big hands ..." But ever hear the one about people with long fourth fingers having huge tempers? Lemondrop: You Lie—Lack of Civility Isn't New
According to a new study, a hormone known as androgen, which affects masculine traits like aggression and strength, can affect finger lengths during a baby's development in the womb. When there are high levels of this hormone, an individual's fourth finger becomes longer than his or her second finger. Lemondrop: Feeling Lazy? Blame Your Fingers
Find out how this plays out on Lemondrop.
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Driving a sports car can boost a guy's testosterone.
There is a belief that men who are really into their cars (be it slick, phallic sportsters or knobby-tired, pick 'em up trucks) have something to compensate for. Generally, that shortcoming is said to occur somewhere in the crotchal zone. Read: 3 Ways To "Size" A Man Up
But Asylum is throwing another wrinkle into this age-old conundrum. Per Asylum, a study of male college students showed a bump in testosterone from driving a Porsche (pronounced por-shuh only if you own one) versus a Toyota Camry.
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Oxytocin, the hormone for bonding, trust, breastfeeding and orgasm also helps us learn to love.
Oxytocin is quite a busy hormone. When released in the brain, it facilitates sex, orgasm, birth and breastfeeding, as well as feelings of bonding, connection and trust.
No wonder, then, that scientists want to recreate the chemical's effects. Drugs that simulate the hormone, like Pitocin, are given to pregnant women to help induce labor. A synthetic oxytocin nasal spray has been produced to help mothers create milk for newborns, and researchers are experimenting with how doses of it might combat memory loss and autism, and improve sexual functioning.
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Oestradoil, a recently discovered hormone, is to blame for large-breasted, bed-hoppers. Interesting.
A group of scientists from the University of Texas think they've pinpointed a hormone that gifts women with an hourglass shape, an aura of attractiveness, and an intense desire to cheat on their boyfriends or husbands.
Well then. What a lethal combination!
Rather than just good, old-fashioned big breasts and narcissism, these researchers actually think a hormone called oestradoil is to blame for the D-cups and bed-hopping.
They've even dubbed oestradoil the "Marilyn Monroe hormone" as they think the screen siren most likely boasted very high-levels.
Marilyn had all the symptoms, they say. A symmetrical face, large breasts, … Read More
What if you could fall in love at will—and make him love you back?
If you could slip a drug in your crush's drink to make him fall for you, would you do it? If you were in love with the wrong person and you could take a pill to forgot all about him, would you swallow it? If there were a test you could administer to a first date to see if he'd be a good mate, would you make him take it?
It sounds like fiction, but the above fantasies may some day become reality, according to a report published in the heavy-hitting science journal, Nature.
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