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A teenager is auctioning off her virginity to fund her university studies
It's becoming an alarming trend.
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Having a fear of breaking up actually makes you more likely to break up
New research has found that being afraid of being dumped can increase the chances that it will happen to you.
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Long Women’s Bathroom Lines Can Be Fixed Easily, Scientists Say
An average bathroom has 20 to 30 percent more places to pee for men than for women, researchers discovered.
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Yoga May Be More Dangerous Than You Thought
Yoga is generally thought to be a gentle form of exercise, but new research says it causes more injuries than you’d probably imagine.
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Don’t Need Much Sleep? Science Says You’re Wrong
Get some shuteye, whether you think you need it or not, warns a new study.
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The Body Shape That Protects Women From Diabetes
The findings, which were presented this weekend at the American Society of Human Genetics’ annual meeting, traced the connection to a genetic variation carried by women with hips that are larger in comparison to the rest of their body. The gene variation is inherited from a woman’s mother and doesn’t appear to have the same effect on men. According to a press release from the American Society of Human Genetics, researchers are currently investigating the discrepancy, but hypothesize that there
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A Woman’s Body is Photoshopped into 18 Countries’ Ideals
In the 1600s, William Shakespeare once wrote, “Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye,” explaining that beauty is subjective to the individual. UK-based pharmacy Superdrug commissioned marketing agency Fractl to ask graphic designers from 18 different countries to retouch an image of a woman’s body to “fit with their culture’s perceptions of beauty and an ideal female form.” The project was inspired by Esther Honig’s 2014 project, Before & After, in which she asked graphic designers to manipul