Starting in January, Illinois will bar a rare criminal defense allowing the use of a victim’s sexual orientation as justification for violent crime, a ban gay rights advocates say they will attempt to replicate in about half a dozen states next year…
People More Interested in Sex at Christmas
It’s often wryly observed that birth rates peak in September, with many studies citing seasonal changes in human biology to explain this post-holiday “baby boom.” But new research from scientists at Indiana University and the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência in Portugal finds that spikes in pregnancies are actually rooted in society, not biology…
Study Shows Male Virgins Can Still Contract HPV
Men who have never engaged in sexual intercourse are still at risk for acquiring HPV, according to a study published recently in the Journal of Infectious Diseases by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health….
Misogynists are fascinated by the idea that human brains are biologically male or female. But they’ve got the science wrong…
Fraternal birth order effect on sexual orientation explained
Twenty years ago, Ray Blanchard and Anthony Bogaert demonstrated that the probability of a boy growing up to be gay increases for each older brother born to the same mother, the so-called fraternal birth order (FBO) effect. Their first investigation indicated that each older brother increased the probability of being gay by about 33%…
Abortion Reversal Class Approved for California Nurses
California nursing regulators have again given the green light to a class teaching nurses about unproven abortion pill “reversal,” marking the third time the oversight agency has reversed course on the continuing ed class…
Bad Sex Science in Black Mirror Episode
The science fiction show’s second episode of the season mixed up emergency contraception (EC) and medication abortion. And the internet let the show’s creator, Charlie Brooker, and the episode’s director, Oscar-winner Jodie Foster, know that they’d screwed up…
Trump Fires Entire HIV/AIDS Council
\With no explanation, the White House has terminated members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS amid widespread discontent with President Trump’s approach to the epidemic…