Cosmopolitan meets Scientific American in this entertaining and informative question-and-answer book on human attraction. Based on the latest studies in science, Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes? answers more than 100 wild, weird, and very pressing questions, including:
-Why do some men smell better to you than others?
-Are good dancers also good in bed?
-Why are more women than men bisexual?
-Can your genes make you adulterous?
-What can you tell about your date by looking at his or her hands?
-Why aren’t there more male muses?
-Why do blondes seem to attract the most attention from men?
All of these questions have answers that are based in science, and author Jena Pincott explains the reasons for love and attraction, and to what extent our dating and mating lives are controlled by urges and instincts. Organized into three sections-Behaviors, Bodies, and Brains-Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes? provides useful, funny, and accessible answers to these questions.

Wits Guts Grit is inspired by the many what-if questions acclaimed science writer and mother of two Jena Pincott asked herself as research on how the invisible forces that shape our minds and health has emerged and grown over the past decade.

What if we identify the microbes that support stress resilience, find ways to expose our kids to them, and then test them?What if we reintroduce the mineral magnesium, deficient in almost every child’s diet? Would it reduce anxiety and increase bounce-back, as the science now suggests?What if memory and learning could improve measurably after eating certain foods–such as blueberries–high in plant chemicals called flavonols?What if primal ways of moving the body strengthen kids’ working memory and mental flexibility? What if receiving the right types of touch translates into better emotional control and self-regulation?

These and many more questions led Pincott to simple, all-natural “biohacks”–or experiments inspired by current research and theory–complete with instructions on how to undertake them to help your own children strengthen their wits, guts, and grit. Explaining the science and her own experimentation with her two gung-ho daughters in a lively, humorous, accessible way, Pincott guides parents to learn how the underlying ingredients of the traits we all want for our kids–resilience, focus, perseverance, working memory, and more–may be all around us in the natural world, ready to be harnessed.