Human Sciences

Video: The law of attraction: Study finds what men want

by Jack Serle, James Brooks and Richard Masters

Mar 292011

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. With so many images of an idealised beauty thrown at us every day, how does this affect our judgement? Richard Masters investigates.

Review: Sexual Nature at the NHM: Animals’ Strangest Secrets

by Abi Millar

Mar 282011

Sexual Nature, the Natural History Museum’s adults-only exhibition, is set to raise some eyebrows, writes Abi Millar.

Shopping, Death and Stereotypes

by Abi Millar

Feb 272011

What makes you buy those things you don’t need? Abi Millar reports on the psychology of shopping, it turns out a vanilla air freshener might make all the difference.

Japan losing sex drive

by Abi Millar

Feb 102011

According to a Japanese survey, a troubling proportion of their population is losing all interest in sex. Abi Millar takes a look at a demographic dilemma.

Tricks of the trade: chimpanzees and their tools

by Djuke Veldhuis

Feb 042011

Deep in the African rainforest researchers continue to find a wide array of tool use in wild chimpanzee populations. Djuke Veldhuis examines what is happening in the emerging field of primate archaeology.