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Assortative mating confirmed: Couples align in physical attractiveness

A recent study published in Personality and Individual Differences suggests that people are generally accurate in assessing their own physical attractiveness, and romantic partners often align in terms of attractiveness. By applying advanced statistical methods to reanalyze older data, researchers…

Scientist behind superconductivity claims ousted

University of Rochester physicist Ranga Dias made headlines with his controversial claims of high-temperature superconductivity—and made headlines again when the two papers reporting the breakthroughs were later retracted under suspicion of scientific misconduct, although Dias denied any wrongdoing. The university…