Sex Porn-as-drugs analogy: does it hold? In popular discourse the view that the porn habit is similar to the drug habit comes up often. The broad idea is that with each ‘level’ of porn one develops
Adam Why one should not turn to Adam (Smith) for advice on sex stuff Think it is sort of self-evident that one should choose people who are experts for advice. And expertise is, again, self-evidently, category specific. So, if you ask me about advice
Adam Adam (Smith?) and premature ejaculation At the outset, let me strongly object to people associating Adam with premature ejaculation! There is simply no evidence that the greatest Scot (okay, okay, Mr Hume, ‘arguably the greatest
Adam Adam and erectile dysfunction? Why I wouldn’t turn to the first man—in a biblical sense—for advice on erectile dysfunction is mostly because he was the first man. By definition he did
Sex Where remote consultation work really, really well New technology always goes through a period of interrogation. A period in which there are people flocking to either pole (‘this new tech is really bad’, and, ‘this new tech
Sex The male brain The debate about the male brain versus the female brain is tricky territory. There is too much that comes too easily to people engaging with the subject that is patently
Sex Kung Fu Panda, Sex Panda, Singing For Sex Panda Pandas have the whole cute thing going, and for good reason too. They are big, seem mostly harmless, and given a long enough journey can be very, very good at
Sex Better sleep, better sex “You and I, we have been through this”, said the joker to the thief. No, no, just channelling my inner Dylan and not calling you a thief (that may make
Sex Want more sex? Do your fair share of housework! Not the most sexy of parameters, but yes, couples who share housework have more sex! Now for the part that returning readers must have seen coming, there’s research to
Sex Do left-handed people have better sex? Now that’s a sentence that I never thought I would write. But I have. And it is not as if I am trying to justify my moniker. This is
Sex How can couples have more sex? Of all the things that come to mind that may lead to more sex—having a good dinner, spending quality time with your partner, focusing not just on intercourse etc—
Sex Sex and music “If music be the food of love...”, whined Duke Orsino in the Merchant Of Venice (forgive me the blasphemy...I love Shakespeare as much as the next guy, but this
Sex Want more sex? Be a good guy! There’s too much made of the attractiveness of the rogue in popular culture. The idea that women like the generally uncouth, tough guy types seems to be more myth
Sex Sex And Regret The link of sex to regret is not too far fetched. Most would have experienced regrets of both types—sex which one should have had, and sex which one shouldn’
seafood Seafood for sex! "Couples who eat a lot of seafood may have sex more often, and get pregnant more quickly than those who don't", according to an American study led by a researcher
Advice Sex with an ex? "Oh, cmon, you can't be thinking of sleeping with Jason?!" "Well..." "Oh my God! You already did, didn't you?" "Well..." It's the cornerstone of most romantic comedies that Hollywood churns
stress Stress really, really messes up sex! I mean, yeah, we sort of could have guessed, right? The point isn't just that stress is bad for sex, but that it is the worst! Well, at least according
technology Driverless cars and sex! Self-driving cars are obviously one of technology's big promises, and while one can be sceptical about where the tech is at currently, there is no doubting the inevitability of driverless
pati patni aur woh This is why you are not getting enough sex, my friend! The three way split of choices articulated by the central character, played by Kartik Aaryan, got the film a proper dressing down on Twitter yesterday! As it should have. As putting the dialogue verbatim here gives it the 'oxygen of publicity' (something NDTV is
sex life Seaweed sex! (no, no, it's not a kinky post!) The most ancient fossils showing sexual activity are more than a billion years old. Billion with a 'b'! And which species is so caught in the act, geologically speaking? Is
sex problems What is The Great American Sex Drought? Trust the American newspaper to coin a catchy phrase. Catchy! To be fair it is not as much of a bait-and-switch one as one may suspect. The underlying data, while
hairfall The champion's vanishing mane Male pattern baldness occurs on account of a complex concoction of genes and hormones. Typically men lose about 100 hair strands every day. For most men, this natural loss is
sex talk Want better sex? Well, talk about sex! "There seems to be an important link between talking about sex with your partner, and having great sex", according to a study published in the Journal of Sex Research. Couple
orgasm Want better sex? Go to sleep! "Lack of sleep may lead to poor sex", according to a recent study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine. While the participants in the study were in their 60's,
Coitus interruptus! Once upon a time, two lovers faced the ultimate tragedy--death--together. Now they are fossils in a museum in Belgium! Preserved while mating. 15-20 centimetres each, they have been locked for,
