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A chemical in male sweat can boost mood, brain activity and sexual arousal in heterosexual women, according to a new study released just in time for Valentine's Day. The study offers the first direct evidence that humans secrete a scent that can affect the physiology of the opposite sex, said researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. Their findings were published this week in The Journal of Neuroscience. "This is the first time anyone has demonstrated that a change in women's hormonal levels is induced by sniffing an identified compound of male sweat," said study leader Claire Wyart, a postdoctoral...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- For women, apparently there's nothing like the smell of a man's sweat. Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley said women who sniffed a chemical found in male sweat experienced elevated levels of an important hormone, along with higher sexual arousal, faster heart rate and other effects. They said the study, published this week in the Journal of Neuroscience, represents the first direct evidence that people secrete a scent that influences the hormones of the opposite sex. The study focused on androstadienone, considered a male chemical signal. Previous research had established that a whiff of it...

Capt. Luke A. Coyle, a Military Transition Team communications advisor, watches while Lance Cpls. Timothy A. Ebert and Jesse L. Jamison attempt the task of engineering wires. Department of Defense photo by Marine Lance Cpl. Geoffrey P. Ingersoll. CAMP TAQADDUM -- As the early morning sun slips over the horizon, it illuminates a group of Marines and their line of humvees, loaded heavy with gear. The industrious Marines suit up, mount up and roll out of their home-away-from-home: a dry, dusty lot they call “Comm Company.” The Marines of Wire Platoon, Communications Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group, wear enough equipment...

1 J. Havlicek and others Male dominance and odour attractiveness Biol. Lett.   Biol. Lett.doi:10.1098/rsbl.2005.0332Published online Women’s preference for dominant male odour: effects of menstrual cycle and relationship status Jan Havlicek(1),*, S. Craig Roberts (2)and Jaroslav Flegr (3)(1) Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, CharlesUniversity, Husnikova 2075, 155 00 Prague, Czech Republic (2)Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioural Ecology Research Group,School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, LiverpoolL69 3BX, UK (3)Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University,Vinicna 7, 127 44 Prague, Czech Republic*Author for correspondence ( jan.havlicek@fhs.cuni.cz) Body odour may provide significant cues abouta potential sexual partner’s genetic quality,reproductive status and health....

Debate practice...  "He's [Kerry] a sweater," chortles a G.O.P. official, "and women don't like sweaters."   This is an email-able, copyright-ready cartoon you can use in emails, on blogs, in flyers, on posters... anything that's noncommercial.

You don't have to find the people selling fake documents on the street near MacArthur Park. They find you. Green cards, Social Security cards, birth certificates. You name it, they can print it. It's an open-air bazaar in the City of Angels, where the underground economy sizzles and salesmen known as micaderos spot you from half a block away. I slowed down at a corner and two men approached my car, asking what I needed. I am a California-born gringo of European descent, and so I had to come up with something to make them think I wasn't an undercover...

Alan Keyes, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Illinois, has his die-hard fans. But who among them would actually bid to purchase a napkin Keyes used to blot sweat from his brow at his acceptance speech? Only eBay knows for sure. Immediately following the announcement by Keyes to replace Jack Ryan as the candidate to face Democrat Barack Obama in a long-shot bid for the Senate, a zealous Alan Keyes supporter daubed sweat from the candidate's brow and placed the perspiration-soaked napkin for sale on eBay. No lie. Here's the ad copy from eBay: "Napkin with sweat from...

Anybody watchin this reinvention? Anyways that man is pooring sweat like he is running a marathon or got caught in a lie.

Yup, it's true. Al Franken's Flop-Sweat to the highest bitters ;>

<p>I don't know if you have ever had saddlebags -- not the kind that go over a horse, but the kind that sprout in the heat of summer and blossom under the armpits of men who sweat. Now, I am what you might call a world-class sweater. It may have something to do with the fact that I am a tad on the short side for the weight that I naturally carry, but there are even some thin guys who pour from their pores on days like these.</p>

Male Underarm Odors Soothe Women Lavender and vanilla aromatherapy may be all the rage. But new research suggests that male armpit sweat may be just as soothing for women. The effect, say scientists, may have helped get early women into the mood for love. Chemist George Preti of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, Penn., and colleagues exposed female volunteers for six hours to a fragrance containing men's concentrated armpit sweat. The researchers then tracked levels of luteinizing hormone in the women's bloodstreams. Luteinizing hormone helps regulate the timing of the menstrual cycle. The scientists report in the journal...

Fri March 14, 2003 01:14 PM ET PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Sweating it out over a big date this weekend? If you're a guy, that could be just the ticket, according to a human biology study released on Friday. Biologists at the University of Pennsylvania said they found male perspiration had a surprisingly beneficial effect on women's moods. It helps reduce stress, induces relaxation and even affects the menstrual cycle. "This suggests there may be much more going on in social settings like singles' bars than meets the eye," said Charles Wysocki, an adjunct professor of animal biology at Penn's School...

PORTSMOUTH - With the drama of last week’s midterm primary barely past, the stage is already being set for 2004. Apparently, Al Gore is interested in reprising his role. Sunday night reports began circulating that Gore has confided to his top aides that he will take another shot at the presidency. Almost immediately, people in the Gore camp denied the reports. With scheduled stops in Iowa, New Hampshire and the focal point of the 2000 election, Florida, it’s hard not to see Gore is preparing another presidential bid. The Portsmouth Democratic headquarters is still strewn with the mementos of Gore’s...

Al Gore. State election officials ultimately declared George W. Bush the winner by a margin of 537 votes, but during and after the election dispute, questions remained about the uncounted ballots of 175,010 voters, ballots that had been rejected by error-prone tabulating machines employed in many Florida counties. Confusion and conflict, much of it generated by partisan intrigue, prevented these ballots from being counted during the election controversy. However, in 2001 every uncounted ballot was carefully examined in a scientific study by the University of Chicago, which concluded that when all the votes were counted, more votes had been cast...

TALE OF TWO LAWYERS...... DEFEATED and DECIETFUL

Discovery hearing set as jurors deliberate for ninth day SIGNONSANDIEGO August 20, 2002 A request by the prosecution in the David Westerfield kidnap-murder trial to obtain more evidence or information, originally scheduled for a 10:30 a.m. hearing, has been vacated. Word of the hearing's cancellation was relayed to media representatives shortly after 10 a.m. today.The subject of the discovery motion filed by lead prosecutor Jeff Dusek was not disclosed. No reason was given for the hearing's cancellation.Today is the ninth day of deliberation by jurors. Today's deliberating session began at 9:07 a.m., according to a public information officer.Westerfield, 50, is...