Childhood photos reveal happiness levels later in married life. A study from DePauw University shows that how intensely people smile in childhood photographs, as indicated by crow’s feet around the eyes, predicts their adult marriage success.
The paper builds on a 2001 study by psychologists at the University of California, Berkeley, that tracked the well-being and marital satisfaction of women from college through their early 50s… continue reading
Source: Scientific American

A stable, long-term marriage can be good for your health, but divorce or widowhood leave a lasting scar on the health of middle-aged and older people, according to a new study. Remarriage seems to reduce but not erase the damage done by losing a marriage, and those who remain single after a marriage ends show consistently worse health than those who remarried. [continue reading…]

The New Scientist reports on a study from University of G̦ttingen which suggests that women prefer men who can strut their stuff like John Travolta or Patrick Swayze Рas they are more likely to be strong and to produce healthy offspring. Link to continue reading