Tears often spur feelings of empathy between people. But a recent study shows they may bring about this effect in more ways than one: Sniffing women’s tears may reduce aggression in men, suggesting a ...

In a bizarre twist of science, judges were once tasked with sniffing people's toots to determine whose smelled worse - men's or women's, according to the New York Post. The average person passes gas ...

New research, published in PLOS Biology, shows that tears from women contain chemicals that block aggression in men. The study led by Shani Agron at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, finds ...

All land mammals have tear glands in their eyes, but the human tearing experience was until recently considered unique. After all, we are the only animal to shed a tear while watching Beaches. Now a ...

Researchers discover that just like in mice, human tears contain a chemical signal that blocks conspecific male aggression. Male aggression in rodents is known to be blocked when they smell female ...