Browsing YouTube, I came across what is my new favourite TV show, 'To Catch a Predator'. For those that have never seen it, the clip provides a couple of examples of the programme's very simple premise; pretend to be a child online and record what happens when men come and …
Over at Scientific American is an article which describes the very real problems facing Africa today, and the effect of lack of birth control and poverty on the lives of Africans. It presents two graphs showing that Africa has both the highest birth rate (although it is one of the …
For those that have never heard of bonobos, they are one of the two types of chimpanzee which exist (the other being the common chimpanzee). One of the most interesting differences between bonobos and the common chimp is the way they use sex. From Frans de Waal on Bonobo Sex …
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about the function of the foreskin and why it might exist in the first place. There are lots of things we don't understand about the human body and why the female breast is the way it is, is one such mystery …
I had an anonymous comment to a previous post on sex which asked:
So if sex can be explained by science as a preprogramed procreational act that we are all compelled to do, to further our species, please offer a scientific explanation for homosexuality.
So the example I thought I'd …
According to an article over at Wired, sex scientists have learned lots about orgasms in the last ten years. An extract:
Men and women have described an orgasmic experience from stimulation of the skin region around the level of the spinal cord injury. The injury creates an area of heightened …
Whilst I was reading around for ideas for my previous posting on sex, I came across an interesting paper, which discusses some evolutionary theories about the penis. Specifically, I found the discussion regarding the existence of foreskin to be quite entertaining. A couple of extracts:
Another intriguing implication of the …
Sex is one of those topics which is huge (if you're lucky) and I'm going to be talking about sex for a long time to come (if you pardon the puns). But let's have a think about it (not like that, at the back!). Sex is basically a way to …