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Connecting you with the science behind the news:

1. At last, science discovers why blue is for boys but girls really do prefer pink (The Times).
Girls really do prefer pink, study shows (The Telegraph).
And check out Bad Science's critique.

Here is the lead author. Here is the journal source.

2. Why kissing means more to women (BBC).
Fate of a couple is sealed with first kiss (The Times).

Here is the lead author. Here is the journal source (free full-text access).

3. Chocoholics like drug addicts, scientists say (The Telegraph).
Brain scans pinpoint how chocoholics are hooked (The Guardian).

Here is the lead author. Here is the journal source.

4. Cradling linked to depression in new mothers (The Guardian).
'Stressed' mothers hold baby on the right (The Telegraph).

Here is the lead author. Here is the journal source.




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