QuoteFor men with lower testosterone levels, a stronger physical reaction to an outcome was followed by a decrease in risk-taking on the next turn.

For men with higher testosterone levels, the opposite pattern emerged. A stronger physical reaction to a win or loss was followed by an increase in risk-taking on the subsequent draw.

https://www.psypost.org/high-testosterone-is-linked-to-loss-chasing-behavior-after-setbacks/

QuoteSharing a favorite band with a romantic partner might mean more than just having an easy time picking out a concert to attend. A recent study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science suggests that romantic couples share much more similar musical tastes than they do personality traits or personal values. The research indicates that a shared love for specific artists is modestly associated with better relationship quality.

https://www.psypost.org/musical-compatibility-often-outshines-personality-matching-in-romantic-couples/

QuoteThe case ultimately went cold, but Brooklyn prosecutors in 2005 kept it alive with a clever legal maneuver. They obtained an indictment on a "John Doe" by using a DNA profile of the rapist – a move that the statute of limitations wouldn't let the fiend spring free in the future, sources said.

https://nypost.com/2026/09/18/us-news/nypd-svu-detectives-crack-30-year-old-rape-cold-case-after-quickly-collecting-dna-from-suspect-sources/

QuoteHillsborough County Sheriff's Office said O'Brien broke into a neighbor's house and then charged a deputy with a knife before he was repeatedly stunned with a Taser then arrested. Then his home caught fire, and firefighters had to retreat as the ammunition inside started to explode.

Rounding out what investigators said they seized from inside the charred home were thousands of rounds of ammunition — stored in boxes, military-style metal cans and even ammunition belts — several other weapons and weapons' parts and three skulls.

O'Brien entered a home in the 4700 block of Windflower Circle just before 7 p.m. O'Brien didn't know anyone at the home and didn't have permission to be there, the report said, but when the two residents inside the home asked him to leave he ignored them and shouted that "the rapture is coming."

When O'Brien made his first appearance in court before a judge on Dec. 11, he was ordered to undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation before his release. That condition was removed on Dec. 12, records show. Then on Friday, he was freed after posting $50,000 bail.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/military/tampa-death-metal-rocker-warned-of-rapture-arsenal-found-in-burning-home-20181218/ (https://archive.ph/k8ekQ)

QuoteWhen individuals desire more affection than they receive, they can experience what psychologists call affection deprivation. This state is frequently linked to relationship dissatisfaction and a feeling of distance from a partner. An unfulfilled desire for touch is associated with tension and inhibited communication.

https://www.psypost.org/being-in-sync-on-physical-affection-predicts-relationship-happiness/

QuoteShe bent to tie her beautiful sandals on, ambrosial, golden, that carry her over water or endless land on the wings of the wind, and took the great haft of her spear in hand--that bronzeshod spear this child of Power can use to break in wrath long battle lines of fighters.

Flashing down from Olympos' height she went to stand in Ithaka, before the Manor, just at the doorsill of the court. She seemed a family friend, the Taphian captain, Mentês, waiting, with a light hand on her spear. Before her eyes she found the lusty suitors casting dice inside the gate, at ease on hides of oxen--oxen they had killed. Their own retainers made a busy sight with houseboys, mixing bowls of water and wine, or sopping water up in sponges, wiping tables to be placed about in the hall, or butchering whole carcasses for roasting.

Long before anyone else, the prince Telémakhos now caught sight of Athena--for he, too, was sitting there, unhappy among the suitors, a boy, daydreaming. What if his great father came from the unknown world and drove these men like dead leaves through the place, recovering honor and lordship in his own domains? Then he who dreamed in the crowd gazed out at Athena.

Straight to the door he came, irked with himself to think a visitor had been kept there waiting, and took her right hand, grasping with his left her tall bronze-bladed spear. Then he said warmly:

"Greetings, stranger! Welcome to our feast. There will be time to tell your errand later."

He led the way, and Pallas Athena followed into the lofty hall. The boy reached up and thrust her spear high in a polished rack against a pillar, where tough spear on spear of the old soldier, his father, stood in order. Then, shaking out a splendid coverlet, he seated her on a throne with footrest--all finely carved--and drew his painted armchair near her, at a distance from the rest. To be amid the din, the suitors' riot would ruin his guest's appetite, he thought, and he wished privacy to ask for news about his father, gone for years.

QuoteAllowing females to mate with multiple males, rather than just one, could help make species more resistant to extinction, University of East Anglia research shows. A new study reveals that when females have multiple males to mate with, their offspring inherit significantly fewer harmful genetic mutations. This, in turn, makes the entire population healthier and less likely to die out.

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-sex-multiple-species-extinction.html

QuoteSome of the ideas now being applied to couples were originally developed to study changes in animal populations. Malthusian models and predator-prey equations, for example, have been used to examine the spread of Australian rabbits and the shifting populations of Canadian lynxes and snowshoe hares.

Another important idea is the Allee effect, which describes what happens when a population drops below a critical level. Below that threshold, survival becomes much more difficult. Above it, the population has a better chance of growing and remaining stable.

Researchers have found that a similar threshold concept can be useful when thinking about romantic relationships...Each relationship may have a critical threshold representing the minimum level of relationship strength needed for the bond to remain stable.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260906170140.htm