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		<dc:creator>Maggie Koerth-Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey guys! Check out this great JPEG I found last month. The caption was created by physics blogger Matthew Francis, and I've really been looking forward to sharing it with you! In totally unrelated news, I just read a story by Stephanie Pappas at LiveScience.com, all about evolutionary psychologists' ongoing attempts to determine whether human [...]]]></description>
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<p>Hey guys! Check out this great JPEG I found last month. The caption was created by physics blogger Matthew Francis, and I've really been looking forward to sharing it with you!</p>

<p>In totally unrelated news, I just read a story by Stephanie Pappas at LiveScience.com, all about evolutionary psychologists' ongoing attempts to determine whether human females prefer our men hairy or smooth and, if so, why. Pappas' story covers a recent study that tried (and failed) to support one hypothesis: Women like hairless guys because we somehow know that hairy chests could be havens for parasites. A Sean Connery-like thatch is just one more place for lice to hang out.</p>

<p>Studying the preferences of women in two different cultures &mdash; Turkey and Slovakia &mdash; the researchers expected to find that Turkish women were more likely to choose hairless men because that country has long had higher rates of parasite-transmitted disease. Instead, they found that women in both countries overwhelmingly preferred their gentlemen in a less-wooly state.</p>

<p>The headline on the LiveScience article: <a href="http://www.livescience.com/23810-women-male-body-hair.html">"Why Women Don't Fall for Hairy Guys Remains A Scientific Mystery"</a>.</p>

<em><p>Thanks to Joanne Manaster for the inspiration!</p></em>]]></content:encoded>
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