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Will your marriage be better if you and your partner are genetically compatible? Is there any evidence that certain genes make someone a better or worse partner? And if so, which genes should we test?
Online lies can often be easy to detect, by searching for images and phone numbers and exploring social media profiles. Some people lie anyway – and countless others take the bait.
Singles can face mistaken stereotypes and value judgments that they are less happy, or lonelier. For many, being single is simply a relationship preference or even an orientation.
Cultural differences play an important role in the experience of day to day activities, including online dating.
What to make of Grindr’s acquisition by a Chinese corporate group.
People with disabilities face barriers to sexual expression. New technologies can help, but we need to look at both the opportunities and risks these developments bring.
Researchers analyzed troves of messages sent between matches and found that the fibs people tell are usually rational ones that serve a purpose.
Data breaches are fact of modern life. It’s likely each of us will have our personal information compromised at some point. Here’s how to reduce the risk and limit the damage if and when it occurs.
The use of technology to enhance sexual pleasure is ancient. Now advances in AI have led to more lifelike sex dolls hitting the market – but sex robots aren’t the only innovations on the horizon.
Grindr, the largest queer dating app worldwide, is all about the short term hookup; the currency used to attract your date is physical fitness versus wealth symbols, used by straight men on Tinder.
Research shows that it’s all about choice, not exclusivity, when it comes to finding a perfect match.
Sharing data about users’ HIV statuses is bad enough. But why collect it in the first place?
The two cultural norms, which may on the surface seem completely different, are starting to converge.
The cheerleader effect describes the phenomenon that you appear more attractive in a group than solo - and it works for men as well as women.
Judges and juries may not appreciate the nuances of messages from online dating services used as evidence in trials.
Seven rules for break up in the digital age.
A dating site has been told to take down its ads, but science highlights some fascinating truths about internet love.
Dating apps have changed the way people present themselves. Visual cues and short 100 word bios are the new currency of dating.
Online dating has been around for more than 20 years, but for the most part, the goal has been to eventually meet your new paramour face to face. Virtual reality could change that.
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British Academy postdoctoral fellow, University of Warwick
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Professor of Media and Communication and Associate Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology
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PhD Candidate in Marketing, Concordia University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Relationships, University of South Wales
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia
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Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW's Grand Challenges Program, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Federation University Australia
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Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow in Sex & Sexuality, La Trobe University
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Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology and Geography, McMaster University
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Associate Professor, School of Health Studies, Western University
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PhD student, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Queensland University of Technology
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cape Town
