human reproduction

12.01.09

Is Sperm Like Any Other Commodity?

Banked, bought, sold, stolen -- now, accountable to product liability laws

By Susannah F. Locke Posted 05.04.2009 at 4:30 pm 5 Comments

Our sperm and eggs give us one of the greatest responsibilities on the planet: the potential to generate new life, to put forth onto the Earth another living, breathing, thinking, feeling being. Or, they can be sold for a buck.

[ Read Full Story ]

READ MORE ABOUT > human reproduction, human sexuality, science of sex, sex, short science articles, sperm, sperm banks

Sorry, You're Just Not My (Testosterone's) Type

Hormonal states cause fluctuating levels of attraction

By Rachel Durfee Posted 09.16.2008 at 10:51 am 1 Comment

Hormones are no longer responsible just for teenage angst and questionable food cravings; new research shows these temperamental chemicals also dictate the type of person to which you are attracted. In the first study of its kind, Drs. Ben Jones, Lisa DeBruine, and Lisa Weeling at the University of Aberdeen demonstrated that hormones play a key role in determining who you are attracted to at any given time.

[ Read Full Story ]

READ MORE ABOUT > attraction, hormones, human reproduction, mating, science news, testosterone