Can’t buy me love:Study finds what women and men want in a sexual partner

Can’t buy me love:Study finds what women and men want in a sexual partner

Research has found men and women are after different things from their sexual partners at different points in their life,and whether income is a big factor.

  • byStuart Layt

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'The world's greatest psychological experiment':When the loneliness epidemic met the coronavirus pandemic

'The world's greatest psychological experiment':When the loneliness epidemic met the coronavirus pandemic

Modern life has made many of us feel more isolated than is healthy. Then the world went into lockdown and the age of loneliness turned chronic.

  • byBrook Turner
Maaate:why men need to keep their friends
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Maaate:why men need to keep their friends

With men suffering far greater loneliness than women,particularly in middle age,it's important they retain their male friendships.

  • byGreg Callaghan
Comfort of strangers:How the right words helped this cancer patient laugh again

Comfort of strangers:How the right words helped this cancer patient laugh again

He was an elderly Catholic taxi driver;she was an atheist on her way to hospital to have surgery. But his mix of sympathy and humour was just the medicine she needed.

  • byMiriam Cosic
Dinner first dates not working for you anymore? Try walking instead

Dinner first dates not working for you anymore? Try walking instead

New research has indicated the humble walk could be the best way to make a good impression on your potential new partner.

  • byJenny Haward
Has the role of the middle child been misunderstood?

Has the role of the middle child been misunderstood?

As families have fewer offspring,the middle child is becoming an endangered species. But as we're just discovering,they bring many particular positive qualities to families and society.

  • bySharon Bradley
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The rise and fall of socialite Ghislaine Maxwell,Jeffrey Epstein's'best friend'

The rise and fall of socialite Ghislaine Maxwell,Jeffrey Epstein's'best friend'

Who is Ghislaine Maxwell,the devoted friend and alleged “madam” of the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein?

  • byMick Brown andHarriet Alexander
'People are going to use the tools they have to get ahead'

'People are going to use the tools they have to get ahead'

An Australian roleplaying experiment sought to shed light on the types of environments and motivations which cause women to enhance their appearance.

  • byMary Ward
Find love or go commando

Find love or go commando

One of the most disappointing things about Alexander’s divorce was the possibility he’d have to buy his own underpants for the first time in his life.

  • byPaul Connolly
How to survive at a party full of strangers

How to survive at a party full of strangers

How can you make it easier for yourself?

  • byKerri Sackville
Decrying the decline of good manners

Decrying the decline of good manners

It might feel like a modern phenomenon but history would tell us otherwise.

  • byMiriam Cosic