Cheap love costs the Earth
Ecology and conservation biologist at the University of Leicester, Dr David Harper, who has conducted research for over 25 years at Lake Naivasha in Kenya, today warned that cut-price Valentine roses...
View ArticleProbing Question: What predicts a happy marriage?
You’ve planned the perfect Valentine’s Day, booked the candlelit restaurant, bought chocolate and flowers. (Or, depending on your darling's taste, bought tickets to a monster truck rally.) The night...
View ArticleGadgets: Give a gadget for Valentine's Day
Instead of flowers or chocolate, how about a holiday themed digital gadget for the upcoming Valentine's Day?
View ArticleKen and Barbie's fate put to Facebook vote
Facebook users are being asked to vote on whether one of the most iconic US couples ever should be reunited after a seven-year split.
View ArticleCometary rendezvous set for Valentine's Day
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the beginning, both couples seemed meant for each other.
View ArticleRoses are red, but not 'green'
For many Americans, giving your significant other a dozen sweet-smelling roses is the ultimate symbol of Valentine's Day affection, but it might not be the best expression of love for your planet.
View ArticleWhat romance novels say about society: A Valnetine's Day Q & A
University of Toronto anthropologist Ivan Kalmar doesn't research romance novels himself, but he is interested in the relationship between theory and everyday life, and encourages his students to turn...
View ArticleValentine's Day can be scientific, romantic
Who said there is no romance in science? Well there is, and it comes in many different chemical compounds!
View ArticleProbing Question: How did Valentine's Day start?
Never mind the 160 million greeting cards that will be purchased for Valentine's Day this year. Forget about the 35 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolates that will pass from giver to recipient. Long...
View ArticleNew record for world's smallest atomic valentine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Shattering their own world record from two years ago, scientists from the University of Birmingham in the UK have created the unofficial worlds smallest atomic valentine. Their tiny...
View ArticleDating sites become mainstream and focus on more niche markets
Online dating has brought romance to millions of men and women. And now, a new website for Jewish singles, Jewcier.com, operated by Miami Beach-based Avalanche, is geared to help even more people find...
View ArticleThe brief but violent life of monogenetic volcanoes
A new study in the journal Geology is shedding light on the brief but violent lives of maar-diatreme volcanoes, which erupt when magma and water meet in an explosive marriage below the surface of the...
View ArticleVideo: Why do roses smell so sweet?
Valentine's Day is Saturday, and people will be spending billions on their sweethearts. Much of that cash will be dropped on sweet-smelling roses. But did you know that one minor chemical change would...
View ArticleLooking for love on a dating app? You may find music instead
In your quest to find a date, a spouse or a hook-up, you might discover something else when using dating apps: new music.
View ArticleVideo: Milk versus dark chocolate: A scientific showdown
Valentine's Day is nearly here. Whether you're spending it with your significant other or flying solo, chocolate is often in the mix. But which is the better choice: milk or dark chocolate?
View ArticleResearcher encouraged by results of new research on sexual assault kit...
Since 2011, BYU nursing professor Julie Valentine has been researching the issues surrounding sexual assault kit processing and has been working with law enforcement agencies to improve the process.
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