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Are Politically Minded Dating Apps Hurting or Helping?
By Bobby Box
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Donald Trump’s presidency has been stressful on everyone, so it’s no surprise that his frenzied reign is impacting romantic relationships. In May, we...
‘The Naughty Nineties’ Explores How Sex Took Over the First Digital Decade
By Donald Liebenson
Let’s talk about sex. Specifically, sex in the 1990s.
Let’s talk about the Pamela Anderson-Tommy Lee sex tape, Girls Gone Wild and Bill Clinton (a lot about...
Europe’s First Underwater Restaurant Is a Sight to Behold
By Andrew Daniels
Snøhetta
There are lots of good things to do in Norway, like see all the fjords and—checks Wikipedia—uh, experience the thriving jazz scene and...
Head to This Psychedelic Greenhouse in Tokyo for Your Next Vegetable Rave
By Andrew Daniels
PARTY
Should you find yourself in Tokyo this month—I hear it’s lovely this time of year—you really ought to visit the midtown city center,...
Shower Sex Injuries Are on the Rise: Here’s How to Get it Right
By Bobby Box
Family TV
The number of sex-related injuries among middle-aged men has quadrupled in the last five years. Now, if you were to guess, which kind...
Algorithms Fail Tremendously at Finding Us Love
By Bobby Box
PixelSurface
Love can’t be calculated mathematically. That’s the conclusion of a new study published in Psychological Science, which reveals just how terrible formulas can be at predicting...
Nineties Nostalgia and Bad Behavior: Go Inside Playboy’s Hidden Arcade
What do you get when you combine a now-ubiquitous appreciation for all things nineties, tucked-away space in Downtown LA and an endless supply of...
ANTHONY BOURDAIN GETTING WASTED!
By Daniel Barna
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Before he became the globe-trotting flaneur with the hit TV show and the best-selling books, Anthony Bourdain spent his days (and nights) working the...
Are STIs Really at a ‘Record High’?
By Justin Lehmiller
Last month, the CDC released its 2016 STD Surveillance Report accompanied by a press release claiming that sexually transmitted infections (STIs, also known as STDs, or sexually...
Can Bespoke Condoms Finally Win Over Men?
By Bobby Box
According to a federal study, two-thirds of men don’t wear condoms (and more people than ever are using the pullout technique), an insight that...