Mens Corner

The fact is that women fall for men who are taller. Now, they have an extra reason to go for them as researchers have discovered a significant correlation in the DNA between tall people and intelligence.

“We tested whether DNA-based genetic similarities among people related to their similarities in height and intelligence. What we found was a small association between height and intelligence, such that people who are taller tend to be smarter,” study author Riccardo Marioni was quoted as saying in Sunday Times.

An Indian man, who spent five years studying women’s sanitary pads, has been praised on Twitter for his invention to produce them cheaply.

Arunachalam Muruganantham has been hailed as a “hero” on social media site, as users are calling him the hero for women in poverty and are also saying that he deserves a Nobel Prize for his invention, the Daily Star reported.

In a ground-breaking research in the field of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), a team of scientists has found that male hormones can play an important role in female fertility and enhance IVF therapy.

Male hormones, also called androgens, help drive the development of follicles, structures that contain and ultimately release an egg that can be fertilised by a man’s sperm, said a study.

For those bored of spending weekends all by themselves could take help of ‘ Friends for Hire’ that aims to help the friendless find a friend.

The Aussie start-up would start providing people with new friends, and only ‘friends’ beginning March 22.

According to news.com.au, the aim of the service is to help lonely folk find a friend, and only a friend with a strict “no physical contact ” rule.

The company said that it was definitely not a dating website and meant for people who are lonely, without the expectation that things will move beyond a platonic friendship.

A new study suggests that men are officially vainer than women. According to the Daily Star, British men are the vainest of them all, as they spend a total of 335 days of their life staring at themselves in the mirror.

Male grooming habits are escalating at such a rapid pace that beauty experts have even coined a new phrase for them, a study conducted by bathroom retailer Betta Living said.

Dubbed “Reflectors” because they spend so long starring at themselves, men between the ages of 20 and 50-years-old spend an average of 340.67 taking in their own appearance.

Researchers including and an Indian origin researcher has said that male hormones, also called androgens, help drive the development of follicles – structures that contain and ultimately release an egg that can be fertilized by a man’s sperm.

The research also details how male hormones boost the production of follicles in mice. Authors believe the study provides potential biological targets to enhance fertility in women with diminished ovarian reserve, who produce few or no follicles in response to IVF drugs designed to boost follicle development.

Texting while walking may result in more injuries per mile than distracted driving, scientists have found.

Consequences of distracted walking include bumping into walls, falling down stairs, tripping over clutter or stepping into traffic.

The issue is so common that in London, bumpers were placed onto light posts along a frequented avenue to prevent people from slamming into them, researchers from University at Buffalo in the US said.

A new study by Edinburgh University’s Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine has found a “small” link between height and intelligence.

The British study suggests that vertically challenged might be short on intellect, as according to Britain’s Sunday Times short people may tend to have smaller IQs.

Researchers at Edinburgh University’s Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine analyzed the DNA of more than 6,800 people, none of whom was related to any other, to “estimate the genetic correlation between height and general intelligence.”

It has been widely held that men are hugely competitive, so cooperation is least among them, while women have a tendency to nurture relationships with others, making them much more likely to cooperate with one another.

However, a new Harvard study differs from the stereotype.

French and Italian men take the cake when it comes to infidelity , according to a new survey.

The French Institute of Public Opinion and Gleeden, a French dating site for people seeking affairs, polled 4,879 people from France, Italy, England, Germany, Spain and Belgium, the Huffington Post reported.

Fifty-five percent of French men and 55 percent of Italian men surveyed said that they had cheated at least once in their life – but only 33 percent of French women and 44 percent of Italian women said the same.

Do you know the most popular form of sex in the virtual world? It is sexting. A new research suggests that one in three sexual encounters now takes place online and this includes sexting, video or webcam sex and explicit snapchat images.

The most popular form of digital sex was sexting at 37 percent. Videophone sex came second at 30 percent while webcam sex was third with 26 percent.

The study was conducted by CyberCompare.net as part of research into the digital habits of people in Britain.

Negative feedback in performance review significantly bothers even the best of employees, it has been revealed.

The new research by psychologists at Kansas State University, Eastern Kentucky University and Texas A and M University has highlighted the dangerous impact of performance review tools like rankings and ratings can be, the Washington Post reported.

The study has shown that those who were most concerned about what other people think hated the constructive criticism they got in reviews, which is the same for the people who seemed most intent on learning. (ANI)

A man, working as a PR rep in NYC, has filed a lawsuit against his former female bosses after they fired him for supposedly turning down their sexual advances.

Joseph Earl Jackson has claimed in his lawsuit that his supervisors at Open Communications Omnimedia fondled, kissed and flirted with him, and asked him to take part in a “bang sesh,” the New York Post reported.

Jackson said that one of his supervisors, Sally O’Dowd, told him “she loved young black and Hispanic men” and “that she loved how sexy his chest and deltoids were in his white shirt”.

tA Texas research institute has released a 10-minute video that tries to explain the mysteries of attraction in terms of economic supply and demand.

‘The Economics of Sex’ video is the first of several that will connect “compelling data with everyday life,” academic Mark Regnerus and his colleagues at the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture said.

A majority of Americans, 76 percent of them, reportedly believe that internet has been a good thing for society, according to a mega poll of how Americans use and feel about the Internet by Pew.

The poll that was released on the 25th anniversary of Tim Berners-Lee’s historic paper conceptualizing the World Wide Web concluded that 87 percent of Americans now use the internet, out of which, 46 percent of net users said that they would find it very hard or impossible to give it up.

Males are at greater risk for neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), than females, but the underlying reasons have been unclear.

Now, a new study has provided compelling evidence in support of the ‘female protective model,’ which proposes that females require more extreme genetic mutations than do males to push them over the diagnostic threshold for neurodevelopmental disorders.

Have you appeared for the interview of a much coveted job but haven’t heard back yet? Here are ways to follow up after a job interview.

Allyson Willoughby, senior vice president of people at Glassdoor, has revealed that following up in a professional manner shows continued interest in a job opportunity but candidates must be cautious and not become a burden to the hiring manager, Mashable reported.

A new study by a team of researchers has found that advancing paternal age at childbearing can lead to higher rates of psychiatric and academic problems in offspring than previously estimated.

Examining an immense data set- everyone born in Sweden from 1973 until 2001- the researchers documented a compelling association between advancing paternal age at childbearing and numerous psychiatric disorders and educational problems in their children, including autism, ADHD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, suicide attempts and substance abuse problems.

Ben Saunders and his co-explorer Tarka L’Herpiniere took 105 days of trekking across the South Pole to complete the trek undertaken by Captain Scott’s ill-fated ‘Terra Nova’ expedition of 1912.

In an interview with the Independent’s Nick Duerden, Saunders said that the biggest challenge was to convince people about how extraordinary the feat was.

The pair trekked for 1800 miles for almost four months and completed the longest man-haul polar journey in history.

A couple from northern California discovered 10 million dollars in gold coins while walking their dog.

The unnamed couple found 1,427 rare, mint-condition gold coins buried in the shadow of an old tree on their property in Gold County, NBC News reported.

Almost all of the coins, which date between 1847 and 1894, are in uncirculated, mint condition, David Hall, co-founder of Professional Coin Grading Service of Santa Ana, who authenticated the hoard, said.

Researchers have found that men experience increasing happiness until late 60s.

The researchers, who wanted to measure how happiness and emotions change in men as they grow older, looked at over 1,300 men between the ages of 53 and 85 and studied the mens’ perceptions of their happiness, the Huffington Post reported.

Researchers at Boston University and Oregon State University found that around 80 percent of men felt steadily increasing happiness starting in their early 50s, but it lasted only until they were about 65 or 70.

Former F1 racer David Coulthard recently dressed up as a woman to raise money to fund a research into spinal cord injuries.

The 42-year-old TV commentator donned skin-tight golden leopard-print dress and make-up at a London ball for ‘Wings For Life’, the Daily Express reported.

Coulthard, who helped to raise 140,000 pounds, said that a spinal cord injury could happen to anyone and it is important to find a cure. (ANI)

Men are healthier and happier about their appearance than women in general, according to a new survey.

Health and Happiness, a nationwide study of 2,000 men and women found that men reported a higher rate of happiness when it came to their weight, shape, appearance, and the way they are perceived by others.

Women, on the other hand, were found to be more self-conscious and slightly less satisfied with their happiness levels at around 49 percent. Women are also much more likely to try dieting compared to men, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

Sex not only helps decrease stress levels and burn away calories, but boosts your intelligence too!

Love-making proved to greatly increase the creation of new neurons located within the hippocampus – an area of the brain that is responsible for the formation of long-term memory, say researchers.

A new survey has revealed that men are at their grumpiest when they hit 70.
Until the age of 65 experts believe that men become better at shrugging off stress and anxiety the older that they get.

Four-fifths told researchers the difficulties that they encountered from the age of 50 receded but then upped again after 70, the Daily Star reported.

20 per cent reported a surge in happiness from retirement age until 70, then they too experienced a downturn.