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Published online 31 March 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040329-6
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Women look best once a month
A woman's face is most alluring at the height of her cycle.
Women who make the room light up with their good looks may have a secret up their sleeve - it may be down to their menstrual cycle. Both men and women consider a woman's face to be at its most attractive when she is at the peak of her fertility, according to new research.
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