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Impulse review: An authoritative, if dry, sexual behaviours manual

Impulse: The science of sex and desire by psychiatrists Jon Grant and Samuel Chamberlain delivers on its bid to answer our hidden questions about sex, but it can be a little perfunctory

Culture

Flock of Arctic Terns

Life

'Divorce' rates are higher in birds that travel long distances

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2J5DWYF The Woodland Burial Area in Thornsett Cemetery, New Mills, Derbyshire

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I am planning my wife's woodland burial, but green funerals are costly

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Two young women take a break on a picnic blanket

Humans

You're more likely to become friends with someone who smells like you

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Health

Children with firm family ties more likely to feel happy and confident

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Bottlenose dolphins

Life

Bottlenose dolphins can identify friends by tasting their urine

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Life

Adjusting to a new sibling is highly stressful for bonobo infants

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WHY do we grieve? A floral tribute fastened to a lamp post at the scene of a fatal road accident in Birmingam city centre, UK. The flowers were placed there by family and friends of the victim.

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Why do we grieve? The surprising origin of the feeling of loss

Features

‘Ghosting’ in casual relationships linked to some personality types

Mind

‘Ghosting’ in casual relationships linked to some personality types

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Humans

Heart rates synchronise if two people get on well during first date

A study of young heterosexual people on blind dates found that those who instantly felt sparks developed synchronised patterns of heart rates and palm sweating

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How long does it take to fall in love?

Mind

The hidden rules that determine which friendships matter to us

Features

Humans

Gaslighting warps our view of reality. How to spot it – and fight back

Features

Health

Discrimination and divorce make you more likely to die early

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