Scientific American - Bering in Mind

en-us Scientific American - Bering in Mind Scientific American http://www.sciam.com/ 144 http://www.sciam.com/media/logo/SAlogo_144px.gif 45 http://www.sciam.com/ Copyright 1996-2010 Scientific American Science news and technology updates from Scientific American Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:18:00 EST Reopening the case of the female orgasm http://rss.sciam.com/click.phdo?i=3338d08e585063f81da2f23dbe024065 http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=reopening-the-case-of-the-female-or-2009-12-01 <p> <!-- <a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=reopening-the-case-of-the-female-or-2009-12-01>[More]</a><br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:fa28747d0547c7f67cd7040692f4ae04:vbWfS3R41ZajR0kmV9IZ14u%2BEcBL1X9gZYVDTEOLCGbBhlC%2BJ1Q5nRx65q5HGAKl%2FmcbEIi6mwVq'><img border='0' title='Add to digg' alt='Add to digg' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/digg.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:9b0a8c185b4636ef316f3ac262689e77:vKyLD1JuK1NlHJg4xK3T7iLiiKrk4xZDeZKxl2U15d%2Fi%2BKZuqAeH9d82n4JfIBNr8p2SuEVtbahx%2Bg%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to StumbleUpon' alt='Add to StumbleUpon' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/stumbleit.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:4433f3a8e2ec52dc57f6246c43a4f93f:l7zgOtlYCxBwUuMzzX0vJSV%2BKE8AZErbKjEq9y6LmDU7zmZmzg6CHRP8EKUejJcxGSkiEPMD6QAs'><img border='0' title='Add to Reddit' alt='Add to Reddit' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/reddit.png'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:3be63ac3e8c6eab8f62421387e735211:cC9KyTsBiPBipzaWOFxaSBakWWUOz7YG1X4cG5wCbTR8i7JNSi6kpsq%2BB3moZMt7%2B4mT9LZOevwlMA%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Facebook' alt='Add to Facebook' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/facebook.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:a5095bf7ee8acc951810aa2ad99b5b9a:x1VOTuG04fUQxNmEZyhj9mVhV%2Bu3yZZbArFPlaCmNjlbikAr%2FFJTVAzDcl47NxwhdeGBkOAywUJr'><img border='0' title='Add to del.icio.us' alt='Add to del.icio.us' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/delicious.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:50a301d93911a6d97216ca8b609e9a35:yl25RaNVmi6TWXuthIMPdKIcAhMd9qptdOqRM9xm8Sj0iBz2T1zUEysXRLFZEqGPUw2ZLjfI%2Fd48'><img border='0' title='Email this Article' alt='Email this Article' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/emailthis.png'/></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=3338d08e585063f81da2f23dbe024065&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=3338d08e585063f81da2f23dbe024065&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/> Mind & Brain,Evolution Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:06:00 EST Why do human testicles hang like that? 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On the possibility of a "fourth" sexual orientation http://rss.sciam.com/click.phdo?i=a0848229d1d23b23e1737653b6c045c6 http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=are-there-asexuals-among-us-on-the-2009-10-29 <p> Gay people are often asked by the curious: When did you first realize you were gay ?” In my case, I remember undressing my Superman doll--and being terribly disappointed at the result--as well as being motivated to befriend the more attractive boys in third grade. But hormonally speaking, it wasn’t until I was about fourteen that I first looked in the mirror and thought to myself, ah, that’s what I am all right, it all makes perfect sense now.</p><p>It wasn’t much of a mystery. After all, lust isn’t exactly a subtle thing. Back then I derived as much pleasure from making out with my “girlfriend” as I might have from scraping the plaque from my dog’s teeth. In contrast, barely touching legs with a boy I had a crush on sparked an electric, ineffable ecstasy. In the locker room after high school gym class, I forced myself to picture naked girls in my head (particularly my girlfriend) as a sort of cognitive cold shower, a pre-emptive strike against an otherwise embarrassing physical response. I could go on but you get the idea: whether or not we like, hide or accept what we are, our true identities--gay, straight, bisexual --consciously dawn on each of us at some point in adolescence. We all have a natural “orientation” towards sexual contact with others, and for the most part we’re just hopeless pawns, impotent onlookers, to our body’s desires.</p> <a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=are-there-asexuals-among-us-on-the-2009-10-29>[More]</a><br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:a626abadd34d0d0bf4f9c492f4d19dcd:U4F2z1Wjfu3L%2FDSpvIWmwT8O3crRnYMln7wWvTK63x5Vbc7U1kLEEfkwK%2BV%2FVSqjsC7nc9mzUx6N'><img border='0' title='Add to digg' alt='Add to digg' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/digg.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:06b661cccbab5d9cf1f24d2ebc46c254:D3J9ubLBnephhdp0lA%2BDiAwf1YLZr7tqMWs2y%2BYvrmGnT%2FNXtp%2B5lmDGhYefhe1XQ%2FYzjyNmsW9iYw%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to StumbleUpon' alt='Add to StumbleUpon' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/stumbleit.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; 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As for me, I’m at an overpriced cafe with a “Coca-Cola Light” in my hand; in the square before me, a bedraggled carriage horse has its great tethered head to the ground, warily inspecting some lime-green gelato spilled moments ago on the cobblestones by a fussy little Australian boy. If I were of a literary rather than a scientific bent, I would find these scenes inspiring; Dante himself couldn’t imagine a stranger hell than his beloved Florence stuffed with such exotic modern characters, pigeons whiffling overhead. Instead, I’m gazing out across this piazza and wondering how many psychopaths there are milling about out there, the cleverest of whom often go unnoticed.</p><p>What prompts this strange thought is my earlier visit to a lesser-known tourist attraction here in Florence called “The Museum of Serial Killers.” After all, once one is finished marveling over masterpieces like Michaelangelo’s David and Botticelli’s Birth of Venus in the famed Galleria Dell’Accademia and the Uffizi, it’s easy to get fatigued by all the religious iconography in this city. I found myself standing before fantastic, gilded works by the Italian masters and muttering, “Just another Jesus,” and “Oh, it’s only Mary again.” (What a pity so many artists of that age concentrated their talents so heavily on so few subjects.) So, though it's sensational, The Museum of Serial Killers offers respite from these more venerable Florentine sites. Unfortunately, it’s also as tacky inside as its name on the marquee promises, mostly waxworks of notorious psychopaths such as the 15th century French sadist Gilles de Rais, a smiling and unctuous Ted Bundy leaning against a fancy sports car, even a disturbingly realistic reconstruction of John Wayne Gacy’s suburban living room--complete with decomposing corpses beneath the floorboards.</p> <a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=the-problem-with-psychopaths-a-fear-2009-09-29>[More]</a><br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:75c402f74aacfaa0c8af67a4e4530444:NnIKWuiV%2BByGsklih52ReKMuuZTZjHNdNnikKT8axQDLt%2BbVvoEJYwkA%2BPQmtXvlVCcG4AaVFZlC'><img border='0' title='Add to digg' alt='Add to digg' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/digg.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:388041e5430dbfa7cc0a1c766aff3c3c:%2FnFMfN3ucqxTYW5qFKe44nLcWltn71AOMkiq0AO%2BDKa3Mk1cUjEoaCnNnGYwmnAUB6p8E%2F%2Fl9C9fYg%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to StumbleUpon' alt='Add to StumbleUpon' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/stumbleit.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:f5ef63c249653a4560cba1734b07fbf5:WHuBSXfG5RLPGiErzGb8ZAY1MQExqcynuoNE8tzJ59Sz%2BIhfuqKcvYzCH8weVFLuooQtXyIEd9fh'><img border='0' title='Add to Reddit' alt='Add to Reddit' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/reddit.png'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:70d17654f3107b972f0805b2a30f12bc:lWwpSrMXPHP5h6dsEoGhrtmH4vk8Dgi9uRpLjdB1gf2cPUleKmfbtBlbRRcsNf%2BWPP2Qkf43c5ai9w%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Facebook' alt='Add to Facebook' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/facebook.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:3fee1de8e5ec6acbf82abb0dbf133d95:BbcjmPzYZTxaFZWneegZ2WUX9T3h8AD3i20Edryvv%2F%2FwNZYCJ3iflll%2BtpR8zAA4sayzQyNj6ily'><img border='0' title='Add to del.icio.us' alt='Add to del.icio.us' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/delicious.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:6a15ec31d8ae256fbac1819bea2fcbf4:a3G%2FIXPTBWc7q1E7wA9hvb%2FFZL0fhxUzAJWPmSXwZjsxe3%2FI85GW2P7ZE%2FoFBWULGWJfNhZKDj1C'><img border='0' title='Email this Article' alt='Email this Article' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/emailthis.png'/></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c61c88c749057e85cb30d1260a22b0ea&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c61c88c749057e85cb30d1260a22b0ea&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/> Mind & Brain,Mind & Brain,Psychology Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:54:00 EST Top scientists get to the bottom of gay male sex role preferences http://rss.sciam.com/click.phdo?i=10bc1e37cba979fdcc6986ded3b11d2f http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=top-scientists-get-to-the-bottom-of-2009-09-16 <p>It’s my impression that many straight people believe that there are two types of gay men in this world: those who like to give, and those who like to receive. No, I’m not referring to the relative generosity or gift-giving habits of homosexuals. Not exactly, anyway. Rather, the distinction concerns gay men’s sexual role preferences when it comes to the act of anal intercourse. But like most aspects of human sexuality , it’s not quite that simple.</p><p>I’m very much aware that some readers may think that this type of article does not belong on this website. But the great thing about good science is that it’s amoral, objective and doesn’t cater to the court of public opinion. Data don’t cringe; people do. Whether we’re talking about a penis in a vagina or one in an anus, it’s human behavior all the same. The ubiquity of homosexual behavior alone makes it fascinating. 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