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She makes the choice: human female eggs choose the sperm during fecundation
Erase the image of millions of sperm in a desperate race toward the egg. No sperm, faster or stronger, wins. This story, that is worldwide familiar, has nothing to do with reality. Recent studies demonstrate that we still know only little part of mechanism of fecundation and of human fecundation, but recently the female role…
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The forest therapy
Do you know the need to run outside and take a walk among trees, which comes over you after a moment of strong tension? The need to breathe the clean air of a forest or run in a meadow, as a call from nature? This is not a coincidence, but a real need that has…
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The power of the hug
We hug each other when we are happy or when our heart cries, sometimes just to say hello. Hugs play a role important in our lives and they are a powerful tool of non-verbal communication. This gesture, for anatomical reasons, is only possible for primates. Embracing is also experienced from birth onwards in mother–infant interactions…
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