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Author Carlyn Beccia: Honest conversations about science, anatomy, feminism, love, psychology, history, & politics.

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For $5.99, I’ll Tell You Why You’re Still Single

Okay, I will tell you for free, but you might not like it.

Why We Mistake Our Image for Our Identity

The camera made us recognizable. It never made us known.

What Do Women Gain When They Lose Weight?

GLP-1s did not create the female obesity penalty. They just made it easier to measure.

What a Testosterone Test Cannot Tell You About a Soldier

The Pentagon is now testing testosterone — a hormone that drops when soldiers do the exact things soldiers are ordered to do.

Yes, Your Orgasm Face is Confusing

The unsettling reason pleasure and pain can look alike

The Long MAGA Apology That STILL Isn’t Coming

The party of “fuck your feelings” suddenly has feelings.

Scientists Identified 29 Sexual Signals Your Partner Is Sending

You are definitely missing most of them. Here is what 40 years of Canadian research, a quiz, and one sentence reveal about the sex you aren’t having.

The Department of Education is Trolling Your Kid’s Teacher

Teachers are the latest target of the Trump regime.

Science Knows Why Your Signature Sex Moves Stop Working

Buried in your skin is a nerve called the C-tactile afferent. It fires for exactly one speed of caress, and it has been quietly running your love life behind your back.

My European Friend Wants to Know Why Our President Keeps Dry-Humping the Flag

I didn’t have a good answer.

Your Gut Has Been Having Sex Without You

Tiny intestinal perverts are meddling with your hormones, libido, and attraction. Naturally, no one mentioned this in health class.

Conservatives Are Breaking Their Brains Over Declining Birth Rates

While the answer is staring them right in the face

Locusts Have Descended on the White House. Coincidence?

Or is this the third plague of Exodus?

The Long, Glorious Tradition of Calling Children's Books "Crud"

Mac Barnett didn't say anything new. The kid lit world's response to him did.

Bryan Johnson Scored His Girlfriend’s Vagina. We Need to Talk About That.

Because he is both right and wrong about the science

The Beautiful Women Trying to Look Ugly

Is the “ugly beauty” cultural shift a solution to objectification?

Michael Jackson Left the World a Message About Palestine

Isn’t it time that we listen?

What “86” Actually Means, According to Etymologists and Mob Bosses

Who decided the mafia talks like this?

The Advice Every Artist Should Ignore

“Don’t use AI” is the worst advice to give artists and writers.

American Healthcare Is Deathcare

“Cost-sharing” is the quiet scam inside every American medical bill. Mine was $1,450.