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Science

Do aphrodisiacs work? What the science says.

By RJ Mackenzie

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Health

Please think twice before letting AI scan your penis for STIs

By Andrew Paul

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Technology

‘Cyberflasher’ sent to prison for the first time in England

By Andrew Paul

Luxury car interior
Technology

Your car could be capturing data on your sex life

By Andrew Paul

Doxycycline antibiotic pill for STI and STD prevention on a coral background
DIY

This ‘morning after’ pill could prevent STIs from unprotected sex

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

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Technology

Facebook could be tracking your online Plan B or HIV test purchases

By Simon Fondrie-Teitler/The Markup, Darius Tahir / KFF Health News

Four male common fruit flies in a chain trying to mate with each other after being exposed to ozone air pollution
Science

Horny male fruit flies plunge into chaos when exposed to air pollution

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

three MysteryVibe products
Health

These sex toys are designed to heal, one orgasm at a time

By Charlie Surbey, Sandra Gutierrez G.

Viagra blue pills next to a felt red heart to show cardiac health benefits from erectile dysfunction drugs
Health

Viagra shows promise in extending men’s lives, among other areas

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Two T. rex dinosaurs cuddling in bed after sex. Illustration in pink, purple, and gray.
Science

Scientists are still banging out theories about how dinosaurs had sex

By Riley Black

Purple sea urchins underwater releasing eggs and sperms during the mating process
Environment

Sea urchin sperm is surprisingly useful to robotics experts

By Lauren J. Young

Are at-home STD tests reliable?
Health

Are at-home STD tests reliable?

By Liz Szabo / KHN

Juicy peach with slit to represent vabbing on an orange background
Health

Does ‘vabbing’ work? The truth about vaginal pheromones.

By Lyric Aquino

A microscope image of monkeypox virus particles, which are oval with a fringed outer ring.
Health

Monkeypox isn’t an STI. So why are health officials focused on sex?

By Philip Kiefer

Fossil frog skeleton in rock from German swamp
Environment

A swamp orgy went terribly wrong for these prehistoric frogs

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Hand holding a pen placing sticky note on planner, a good way to track your period without an app.
DIY

How to track your own period—without an app

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Faafafine individual at Auckland, New Zealand pride parade
Science

Sex and gender binaries don’t tell the entire story of life

By Rachel Feltman

two spiders entangled together mating
Environment

These male spiders fling into the air to escape post-coital cannibalism

By Lauren J. Young

Two condoms on blue and yellow background.
Health

Why the FDA finally approved a condom for anal sex

By Sara Kiley Watson

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