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Here are this morning’s:

* More on the retracted vaccines-cause-autism paper — more on… hmmm… — oh, yes, morons! the ones who will still insist vaccines cause autism

* Men prefer less powerful women — how high or low an image of a man or woman appears on a screen plays a part in how attractive they are perceived to be by the opposite sex — when men rate the attractiveness of women in pictures, if one image is higher up than another, they will find the lower image more attractive

* Couples can overdo being supportive — both partners are happier if husbands receive the right type of support, and if wives ask for support when they need it — if you don’t get enough support, you can make up for that with family and friends … when you receive too much support, there’s no way to adjust for that

* Abstinence-only sex ed is crap — but contraceptive sex-ed isn’t worlds better — we’ve assumed that sexual choices are rational choices, influenced by classroom exhortations and dry information

* Lusting while loathing — participants who failed to win a prize were willing to pay more for it than those who won it — but were also more likely to trade it away when they ultimately obtained it

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