MetaFilter posts tagged with relationships and science

Near Ovulation, Your Cheatin' Heart Will Tell on You

anyokerin — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:56:21 -0800

Near Ovulation, Your Cheatin' Heart Will Tell on You "New research from UCLA and the University of New Mexico suggests that members of "the gentler sex" may have evolved to cheat on their mates during the most fertile part of their cycle — but only when those mates are less sexually attractive than other men."

90% Matematch guaranteed or your money back

daksya — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 11:08:41 -0800

The Mathematics of Love - predicting, with 90% accuracy, what will happen to a relationship over a three-year period.

Six Degrees of Metafilter?

anastasiav — Fri, 05 Sep 2003 16:13:11 -0800

The Small World Project was an online experiment (sponsored by Columbia University) involving over 60,000 email users, developed to test Stanley Milgram's famous "six degrees of separation" hypothesis. In the 1960's Milgram tested his theory that members of any large social network would be connected to each other via short chains of intermediate acquaintances by sending small packets via the USPS to individuals in Nebraska and Kansas, with the hope that the packets would eventually reach the intended recipients in Boston. The 21st century Columbia project used email to attempt to verify Milgram's findings on a global scale, and to see if the length of the contact chains have shortened in the 'virtual' world. Project Description - Procedures - Initial Results as published in Science Magazine, August 2003

Math

semmi — Fri, 25 Apr 2003 13:42:54 -0800

Every Unhappy Family Has Its Own Bilinear Influence Function.

sheauga — Mon, 03 Jun 2002 10:24:01 -0800

How to Flirt. "Flirting is much more than just a bit of fun: it is a universal and essential aspect of human interaction." What social science can tell you about flirting and how to do it.

jennak — Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:17:26 -0800

Jane Want Relationship, Tarzan Want Sex. A study seems to confirm what women have long suspected -- women seek security in relationships, while men stick around for the sex.

The study says that in most species, monogomy is the top choice when fertility is hidden. Wonder if they took into account the Pill? ;)