DS Wilson’s view of biophysically constrained life (4)
Summary: Clearly, DS Wilson did not get Dobzhansky’s joke about Creation that began some 10 billion years ago in the context of an event that […]
Animals
Do not trust pseudoscientists
Trust a Scientist: Sex Addiction Is a Myth A psychologist explains why sex addiction therapy is more about faith than facts, as told to Tierney […]
Facts, not opinions, link feedback loops to odor and pheromone signaling
November 3, 2015 Your sense of smell can make or break a relationship No it can’t! What Do We Actually Know About Pheromones? July […]
Human pheromones: RNA-mediated theory killers
A Fear of Pheromones Excerpt: WHAT are we going to do if it turns out that we have pheromones? What on earth would we be […]
Nutrient-dependent sustained fitness is pheromone-controlled
Sustained fitness gains and variability in fitness trajectories in the long-term evolution experiment with Escherichia coli Conclusion: …adaptation and divergence are continuing unabated in the […]
Gut bacteria and pheromones
Gut bacteria mediate aggregation in the German cockroach Reported as: Cockroach swarming pheromones produced by gut bacteria Excerpt: … their study highlights the previously overlooked […]
Sulfated steroids and RNA-mediated identity codes
Summary: In two studies of human pheromones we linked a mixture of androsterone and androstenol to increased flirtatious behavior and reports of increased attraction to […]
Pheromone-induced odour learning
Mammary pheromone-induced odour learning influences sucking behaviour and milk intake in the newborn rabbit Excerpt: “…several results showed that pups could learn different odorants during […]
Historical perspective from Pheromones.com
I founded the domain Pheromones.com in 1996, and will preserve some of the history of posts to that domain here. My focus on the links […]
Human pheromones: What should these idiots do next?
Human pheromones: Where did we go wrong? What should we do next? Excerpt: …if we are to find human pheromones, we need to treat ourselves […]