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Study suggests genes help determine women’s sexual orientation

logointern1 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:53:00 +0000

Results of a new UK study suggest that genes may play a role in determining a woman’s sexual orientation and “childhood gender typicality.”

The study – conducted by Andrea Burri and Qazi(...)

This Week in Terrifying Science

Ali Davis — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:32:51 +0000

Hi.

As you may have inferred from my other work on this site, I’m a humongous nerd. In practical terms, that means I keep up with exactly enough science news to keep me climbing the walls with(...)

AIDS breakthrough: Gel helps prevent infection

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:00:20 +0000

For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus: It cut in half a woman’s chances of getting HIV from an infected partner in a study in South Africa. Scientists(...)

Study concludes mice can be turned lesbian

logointern2 — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:00:26 +0000

Researchers have found that female mice can be turned lesbian by eliminating a single gene, Telegraph.co.uk reports.

A study conducted at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(...)

Study: 4 of the 6 most widely used lubes are toxic

logointern1 — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:06:49 +0000

Subjects who used lubricants during anal sex were three times more likely to contract rectal sexually transmitted infections than those who had anal sex without lubricant, found UCLA(...)

Study: Gay men recognize faces better than straight men

logointern1 — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:03:58 +0000

An NYU study found that gay men use both sides of their brains in facial recognition, unlike straight men, who tend to use only the right side.

Subjects in a New York University psychological(...)

Report questions excluding gays from some studies

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:43:30 +0000

A small but significant portion of medical studies exclude gays from participating, sometimes without an apparent scientific reason, several cancer researchers say.

In a letter in Thursday’s New(...)

A world first: Vaccine helps prevent HIV infection

Jennifer Vanasco — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:29:47 +0000

(Bangkok) For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many(...)

Vanasco: Gay “conversion” scientists made it up

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:10:00 +0000

Surprise, surprise.

The New York Times’ John Tierney reports on his blog today that a new book questions whether Masters & Johnson faked the conversion of gays and lesbians into happy(...)

Lowenstein: Pope beefs up his anti-science cred

Jenna Lowenstein — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:08:51 +0000

During a visit to Africa on Tuesday, Pope Benedict reiterated the Catholic Church’s controversial anti-condom stance, and went as far as to claim that the use of condoms contribute to the(...)