Sex and Science

More specialised science news, hopefully, from more reputable sources. Some are still op-ed but with a sciencey angle.

Pleasure zones mapped out in women

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20770-sex-on-the-brain-what-turns-women-on-mapped-out.html

Orgasms unlock altered consciousness

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028124.600-sex-on-the-brain-orgasms-unlock-altered-consciousness.html?full=true

Placebo-bras!

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/04/04/ncbi-rofl-what-the-fk-is-a-placebo-bra/

Women's gender orientation and genetics

http://esciencenews.com/articles/2011/07/08/sexual.orientation.and.gender.conforming.traits.women.are.genetic?

Porn on the mind

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/streams-of-consciousness/2011/08/03/porn-on-the-mind/

OK, just an OKCupid blog but fairly objective.

http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/10-charts-about-sex/

Gorillas on the pill

http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/2011/06/27/what-happens-to-gorillas-on-the-pill/

The neurology of bliss

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-neurobiology-of-bliss-sacred-and-profane

Sex sound porn filter?

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20498-sound-of-sex-could-alert-internet-porn-filter.html

Gonorrhoea goes eviller!

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/230818.php

Passive smoking and DNA damage in mice

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/jul/18/passive-smoking-dna-sperm-mice?CMP=twt_fd