Fungus-farming ants have cultivated the same fungal crops for 50 million years. Each young ant queen carries a bit of fungus garden with her when she flies away to mate and establish a new nest. Short breaks in the ants' relationship with the fungus during nest establishment may contribute to the stability of this long-term mutualism, according to a study at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Gamboa, Panama.
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Tracy Ullman wants us to think that Arianna Huffington spends her evenings home alone, curled up in bed with her laptop and blogging her life away. But Hollywood spies are telling us that this time the joke is on Ullman. Last week Arianna Huffington was seen at an L.A. party with bestselling self-help author Steven Carter. Maybe there are a few things Tracy Ullman could learn from Huffington right now...
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She is America's most famous blogger, known for her razor-sharp perspective and her disarming wit. He is the bestselling self-help author whose books are currently making millions of dollars in the U.S. and Brazil. Could this be a new Hollywood couple? Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words...
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Los Angeles, CA – September 30, 2008 - Hollywood’s A-list producers, directors and actors are often accused of being barely literate, but movie-makers know that movie-goers can still read. And that has given “Men Who Can’t Love,” the classic bestseller by Steven Carter and Julia Sokol, a long career in the Hollywood spotlight. If Carter's success is any indication, bestsellers are becoming part of the Hollywood formula for box office revenue.
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Although many researchers have believed women choose partners based on the kind of relationship they are seeking, a new study from The University of Texas at Austin reveals women’s preferences can be influenced by their own attractiveness.
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While our relationships with children and best friends tend to become less negative as we age, we’re more likely to see our spouses as irritating and demanding.
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A study led by members of the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Policy (MGH-IHP) has found that institutional academic-industry relationships – financial relationships companies have with medical schools or teaching hospitals rather than with individual physicians or scientists – are as common and pervasive as individual relationships.
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Researchers in the United States say men and women have dramatically different attitudes to the first kiss of a new relationship. The scientists say while men consider the kiss is just a means to an end, for women it is a crucial element in finding a partner.
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Grandparents of adopted grandchildren relate to them as an integral part of the family - just as they relate to their biological grandchildren. This was revealed in research conducted at the University of Haifa School of Social Work. This research is unique in the field in that it evaluated adoptive relationships from the viewpoint of grandparents; previous research examined relationships from the viewpoint of parents and children.
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