Anyone for fried lice?

As many a mainstream media outlet has noted, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has recently released a 200 page book which lays out the case for encouraging entomophagy – especially amongst somewhat resistant Westerners. ‘Edible insects : Future prospects for food and feed security’. Unfortunately for those inspired to investigate […]

Hungry people prefer maturer mates?

Professor Terry F. Pettijohn II from the Coastal Carolina University, along with colleagues from Miami University and West Virginia University recently decided to investigate whether people’s preferences for a mate might vary according to whether they feel hungry or not. For, according to the Environmental Security Hypothesis (ESH) individuals’ interpersonal preferences may partially depend on […]