Interventions boost sexual health for black teens

Sexual health interventions offered at school or community centers boost both abstinence and condom use in black teens, a new study shows.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
April 21, 2020 ~5 min

Disgust tanks sexual desire during pandemics like this

Pandemics up our sense of disgust, which can make us want to avoid risks like casual sex, researchers say. Young men, however, are the least disgusted.

Jessica Colarossi-Boston University • futurity
April 16, 2020 ~11 min


Nope, chocolate isn’t actually an aphrodisiac

An expert busts a few chocolate myths, including whether women are more into it, and whether it boosts romance as an aphrodisiac.

Julian Cardillo-Brandeis • futurity
Feb. 13, 2020 ~1 min

Young sexual minority men need more info on HPV risks

Young sexual minority men need education about the risks, symptoms, and prevention of human papillomavirus (HPV), new research shows.

Michelle Edelstein-Rutgers • futurity
Feb. 12, 2020 ~4 min

Experts: No, porn isn’t a public health crisis

Legislation has deemed pornography a public health crisis, but experts say there's no evidence to back that up.

Boston University School of Public Health • futurity
Jan. 9, 2020 ~2 min

Interviews reveal 5 causes of older women’s low libido

Most research on low libido among older women has focused on hormones. Interviews indicate other factors.

Erin Hare-Pittsburgh • futurity
Nov. 21, 2019 ~3 min

Having sex on the mind makes people lie

"Getting people to think about things in a sexual way," or sexual priming, made people in a series of experiments less honest with strangers.

Sandra Knispel-U. Rochester • futurity
Nov. 4, 2019 ~7 min

Open relationships vary—as do their odds of working

A new study divides open relationships into five types to see which configurations work well. Check out the flowchart.

Sandra Knispel-U. Rochester • futurity
Oct. 30, 2019 ~7 min


Survey finds bipartisan support for sex ed

"This study validates that most likely voters want comprehensive sex education for middle and high school students."

Maud Alobawone-Rutgers • futurity
Oct. 15, 2019 ~3 min

Our social lives (and sex lives) are key to good health

We need to start thinking about our social lives as an important factor for our overall health, an expert argues in this podcast episode.

U. Chicago • futurity
Aug. 26, 2019 ~1 min

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