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six raw oysters in a circle around a lemon next to a glass of champagne to be used as aphrodisiacs for sex
Health

Research on aphrodisiacs is kind of unsatisfying

By Philip Kiefer

a close-up of a woman with brown eyes showing her nose
Science

Sniffing this odorless molecule could make you more aggressive—or more docile

By Kate Baggaley

a man and a woman lean in to kiss
Science

What’s the secret to sexiness?

By Erin Blakemore

art illustration with vintage painting/sculpture
Science

A complete guide on how to safely take, send, and store nudes

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

The Birth of Venus painting
Health

The sexy secrets of body fat storage

By Sara Chodosh

drakaea livida orchid being pollinated by a thynnine wasp
Environment

This incredibly rare orchid survives by making male beetles horny

By Sara Chodosh

dolphins touching noses
Environment

10 animal sex rituals you need to read about right now

By Rahul Rao

Couple drinking milkshakes with COVID-19 face masks on.
Health

How to celebrate Valentine’s Day in a pandemic

By Sara Kiley Watson

Two kids running on a lawn with masks on
Health

Shaming the public into smarter COVID-19 decisions won’t work. This will.

By Maia Szalavitz/Undark

a fried egg on top of tomatoes on a white plate
Science

Egg yolk color doesn’t mean what you think it does

By Popular Science Team

a black pig is smiling
Science

Pig sex and celery have a surprising connection

By Popular Science Team

a woman sits in a metal box while a man speaks to her
Science

This scientist thought he’d found the source of all sexual energy

By Popular Science Team

people holding hands
Health

Sex during a pandemic can be risky. Here’s how to do it safely.

By Kat Eschner

cervical cap
Health

Why barrier contraceptives (like diaphragms) are so unpopular

By Donna J. Drucker/MIT Press Reader

a boy with his mouth open
Science

You can totally sprain your teeth (and you’ve probably done it before)

By Popular Science Team

Couple holding hands
Health

An expert guide to love and sex during a pandemic

By Sara Kiley Watson

glowing millipedes having sex
Environment

We finally know how millipedes have sex, thanks to glowing genitals

By Molly Glick

two fish side by side with one poking a bone into the other, but in a sexy way
Science

This ancient bony fish was a sexual pioneer

By Rachel Feltman

pottery showing athletes jumping
Science

Ancient athletes did something truly shocking with their genitals

By Popular Science Team

Why do some animals engage in same-sex sexual behavior? The better question is… why not?
Science

Why do some animals engage in same-sex sexual behavior? The better question is… why not?

By Grace Wade

PreP HIV antiretroviral drugs
Health

What it means to have ‘undetectable’ HIV—and why you need to know

By Alex Schwartz

gynecological stirrups
Health

‘Virginity tests’ are violent, unnecessary, and without medical merit

By Rachel Feltman

Frogs in tiny taffeta shorts paved the way for human in-vitro fertilization
Science

Frogs in tiny taffeta shorts paved the way for human in-vitro fertilization

By Popular Science Team

NASA’s all-female spacewalk hints at a stronger, more gender-equal space program
Science

NASA’s all-female spacewalk hints at a stronger, more gender-equal space program

By Charlie Wood

America’s sexually transmitted disease rates are out of control
Health

America’s sexually transmitted disease rates are out of control

By Rachel Feltman

The weirdest things we learned this week: moving corpses, birth control placebos, and the story behind the hymen
Science

The weirdest things we learned this week: moving corpses, birth control placebos, and the story behind the hymen

By Popular Science Team

Male honeybees might blind queens to keep them hive-bound
Environment

Male honeybees might blind queens to keep them hive-bound

By Sara Chodosh

Maya the agave plant through glass ceiling
Environment

After busting through a glass ceiling, Maya the agave plant is dying as dramatically as possible

By Alex Schwartz

Congratulations to new penguin dads Skipper and Ping
Environment

Congratulations to new penguin dads Skipper and Ping

By Rachel Feltman

Women get Alzheimer’s way more than men—and stress could help explain why
Health

Women get Alzheimer’s way more than men—and stress could help explain why

By Kat Eschner

The weirdest things we learned this week: Victorian sex drugs and deadly milk injections
Science

The weirdest things we learned this week: Victorian sex drugs and deadly milk injections

By Popular Science Team

What avocados and clownfish have in common, sexually speaking
Environment

What avocados and clownfish have in common, sexually speaking

By Sara Chodosh

The weirdest things we learned this week: virgin births, composted humans, and naked South Pole scientists
Science

The weirdest things we learned this week: virgin births, composted humans, and naked South Pole scientists

By Popular Science Team

Yes, you can get throat gonorrhea
Health

Yes, you can get throat gonorrhea

By Rachel Feltman

The weirdest things we learned this week: Rats with fetishes and America’s first banana
Science

The weirdest things we learned this week: Rats with fetishes and America’s first banana

By Claire Maldarelli, Eleanor Cummins, and Rachel Feltman

The weirdest things we learned this week: Animal prostitution and Pavlovian pee responses
Science

The weirdest things we learned this week: Animal prostitution and Pavlovian pee responses

By Rachel Feltman

The weirdest things we learned this week: Falcon sex hats and buying human skulls on Instagram
Science

The weirdest things we learned this week: Falcon sex hats and buying human skulls on Instagram

By Rachel Feltman

groundhog on Groundhog Day
Environment

Groundhog Day is all about woodchuck sex

By Stam Zervanos/The Conversation

spotted hyena reproductive anatomy
Science

The weirdest things we learned this week: ladies dueling topless and pseudopenis birth canals

By Sophie Bushwick, Sara Chodosh, and Rachel Feltman

a man doing a squat on a beach
Health

How to work out your pelvic floor (and why everyone should)

By Rachel Feltman

a naked mole rat braces itself inside a tube
Environment

9 jaw-dropping facts about naked mole rats to celebrate the bloody ascent of their new queen

By Rachel Feltman

Early humans hooked up with other species a whole bunch
Science

Early humans hooked up with other species a whole bunch

By Neel V. Patel

Sexually transmitted diseases are at an all time high (again). But why?
Health

Sexually transmitted diseases are at an all time high (again). But why?

By Rachel Feltman

colorful condoms on a white background
Health

Please stop freaking out about ‘flesh-eating’ sexually transmitted infections

By Rachel Feltman

Researchers found proof of Neanderthals reproducing with other species
Science

Researchers found proof of Neanderthals reproducing with other species

By Neel V. Patel

A glowing green worm
Environment

You can set your watch to this glowing green worm orgy

By Neel V. Patel

a hand holding a glass sphere
Science

The weirdest things we learned this week: art made from human skin, solving a 17th-century thought experiment, and detachable sex organs

By Sara Chodosh

Descended testicles: DNA study drops new hints on secrets of low hanging glands
Science

Descended testicles: DNA study drops new hints on secrets of low hanging glands

By Neil Adams/The Conversation

a medieval illustration of people cooking
Science

The weirdest things we learned this week: scientists doing sex magick, ancient mac and cheese, and contagious writer’s block

By Rachel Feltman

spoons full of condiments
Science

The weirdest things we learned this week: fake memories, sperm is not full of tiny men, and how ketchup makes the grade

By Rachel Feltman

You are disgusting in so many ways. Scientists just outlined six of them.
Science

You are disgusting in so many ways. Scientists just outlined six of them.

By Neel V. Patel

antechinus
Science

These animals spend their whole lives waiting to have sex, and then they die

By Sara Chodosh

New poop sample analysis reveals interspecies monkey romance
Environment

New poop sample analysis reveals interspecies monkey romance

By Kat Eschner

atlantic puffin
Environment

Puffins are donning sexy little sunglasses in the name of science

By Sara Chodosh

anglerfish
Environment

Five animals you shouldn’t take relationship advice from (and one you should)

By Sara Chodosh

baboon
Environment

On swollen butts, mouth sacs, and other sexual preferences in the animal kingdom

By Sara Chodosh

Superstition keeps a lot of Olympians from boinking. But what does the evidence say?
Health

Superstition keeps a lot of Olympians from boinking. But what does the evidence say?

By Erin Blakemore

One orange kitten, two grey kittens, two brown kittens
Environment

Kittens from the same litter don’t always have the same parents

By Jason Lederman

Let’s talk about Charles Darwin’s sexy theory of selection
Science

Let’s talk about Charles Darwin’s sexy theory of selection

By Eleanor Cummins

Meet the birds that work as wingmen for other males
Environment

Meet the birds that work as wingmen for other males

By Kate Baggaley

Yes, monkeys are having sex with deer. Why would they do that?
Environment

Yes, monkeys are having sex with deer. Why would they do that?

By Rachel Feltman

This fungus has over 23,000 sexes and no qualms about it
Environment

This fungus has over 23,000 sexes and no qualms about it

By Sara Chodosh

You should not be worried about Sephora giving you herpes
Health

You should not be worried about Sephora giving you herpes

By Rachel Feltman

Jeremy the snail and baby
Environment

In loving memory of Jeremy, the one-in-a-million mutant snail

By Rachel Feltman