‘Muppets Now’ Episode 2: Pepe the King Prawn and ‘gay scientists doing arson’ steal...
Although the second episode may have had some troubles uploading (an irony which the fans did not appreciate), the wait for the episode seems to have been very worth it for...
Back to the Future | Issue 139 – Philosophy Now
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The Many Faces of Bad Science – WIRED
In 1942, sociologist Robert Merton described the ethos of science in terms of its four key values: The first, universalism, meant the rules for doing research are objective and apply to...
Some People Really Are Bisexual, Science Suggests – MedicineNet
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By Alan MozesHealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, July 21, 2020Is male bisexuality real? According to a new review, the answer is a definitive "yes.""The current study found very...
Age of sexual debut among young gay-identified sexual minority men – EurekAlert
Young gay sexual minority men - especially Black and Latino youth - have their first sexual experiences at younger ages, emphasizing a need for comprehensive and inclusive sex education, according...
A science venture firm is moving to the heart of Gay Street — kicking...
When Cocoon Resources Inc. hears about exciting new technology, the scientific venture firm invests. And Cocoon is now banking on downtown Knoxville as the home of its new Scientific Innovation Center and...
The FDA’s gay and bi blood-donor ban isn’t just stigmatizing—it’s also likely outdated –...
It took until mid-April for Jack Turban to feel like he had his life back. A few weeks earlier, a cough and slight runny nose morphed into a splitting...
Space Is Gay, and it Has an Important Lesson for Us – Thrillist
When my gay friends and I talk about a time “before we were gay,” we’re referring to the years before some beautiful queer disturbance fundamentally changed what we believed was, for...
Kenneth Lewes, Who Challenged Views of Homosexuality, Dies at 76 – The New York...
Drawing on some 500 primary sources, Dr. Lewes’s book, which expanded on his doctoral dissertation, found that most analysts had adhered to “popular prejudice” against gay people and clichés about them....
Science thinks it’s unbiased. Queer scientists know that’s not true – Massive Science
I know firsthand the gulf between science's supposed open-mindedness towards new ideas and its attitude towards identities. Science and academia try to give an impression of sociopolitical neutrality and acceptance of queer* identities (*this broadly includes...
Equality Magazine: FDA Loosens Ban on Blood Donations – Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign's Equality magazine, the nation's largest-circulation LGBTQ magazine, is going digital-only for the first time. Read more articles from the Spring 2020 issue at hrc.org/magazine. One of the...
Dr. Richard Friedman, Who Debunked Homosexuality Myth, Dies at 79 – The New York...
In the 1980s, when marriage and adopting children seemed impossible dreams for gay men, the psychoanalyst Richard C. Friedman became their champion.His 1988 book, “Male Homosexuality: A Contemporary Psychoanalytic Perspective,” showed...
Phagocytosis of Wnt inhibitor SFRP4 by late wound macrophages drives chronic Wnt activity for...
AbstractHuman and murine skin wounding commonly results in fibrotic scarring, but the murine wounding model wound-induced hair neogenesis (WIHN) can frequently result in a regenerative repair response. Here, we show in...
Scientists push against barriers to diversity in the field sciences – Science Magazine
<!----> Ecologist Gillian Bowser (right) identifies butterflies with students during a biodiversity survey at Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico. ...
For a Scientist Turned Novelist, an Experiment Pays Off – The New York Times
When he set out to write a novel, Brandon Taylor, a former doctoral student in biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin, approached it like a scientist.“I have this very technical approach...
15 Of The Best LGBTQ Science Fiction Books – Book Riot
If you were disappointed by the very brief kiss scene in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker despite promises of queer representation, you’re not alone. But luckily, the sci-fi genre has...
#4: What makes someone gay? Science is trying to get it straight. | Top...
ALICE DREGER: We don't actually know the extent to which gender is socially constructed because you can't do an experiment where you remove culture and see what happens. So we don't...
How Earnest Research Into Gay Genetics Went Wrong – WIRED
He says that, at first, he blew it off—until he read about Neale’s study. He told Coletta he wanted to make an app based on its findings. “I couldn’t think of...
Controversial ‘gay gene’ app provokes fears of a genetic Wild West – Nature.com
NEWS 29 October 2019 Debate highlights broader concerns about tools that use the results of direct-to-consumer genetic testing. Amy...
Scientists combing human DNA for ‘gay genes’ spark debate about quest for genetic link...
Neil Risch was vacationing in Hawaii when he started getting calls from journalists and his peers in genetics about a paper about to be published in the prominent journal Science. The...
The ‘Gay Gene’ Is A Myth But Being Gay Is ‘Natural,’ Say Scientists –...
Revelers carry an LGBTQ flag along Fifth Avenue during the New York City Pride March on Sunday, June... 24, 2018, in New York. Photocredit: ASSOCIATED PRESS/Andres...
No ‘gay gene’: Massive study homes in on genetic basis of human sexuality –...
NEWS 29 August 2019 Nearly half a million genomes reveal five DNA markers associated with sexual behaviour — but none with the power to predict...
Massive Study Finds No Single Genetic Cause of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior – Scientific American
Few aspects of human biology are as complex—or politically fraught—as sexual orientation. A clear genetic link would suggest that gay people are “born this way,” as opposed to having made...
There’s (Still) No Gay Gene – Harvard Magazine
There is no one gene for being gay, and though genes seem to play a role in determining sexual orientation and same-sex behavior, it’s small, complex, and anything but deterministic. That’s...
No single gene associated with being gay – BBC News
Ben Neale, an associate professor in the Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, who worked on the study, said: "Genetics is less than half of this story for...
There’s no evidence that a single ‘gay gene’ exists – Science News
Publication of the largest-ever study of
the roles of genes in homosexual behavior is fanning the debate over whether
being gay is due to genes or environment. First reported at a genetics...
Discrimination drives LGBT+ scientists to think about quitting – Nature.com
NEWS 27 June 2019 Despite progress, many physical scientists from sexual and gender minorities experience exclusion or harassment at work, finds UK survey. ...
Being Gay Is Linked to These Biological Mechanisms, Scientists Say – Newsweek
Scientists have found links between a man's sexual orientation and different biological mechanisms. Past studies have suggested signs of how a man's immune system works, as well as his hormones and...
What makes someone gay? Science is trying to get it straight. – Big Think
ALICE DREGER: We don't actually know the extent to which gender is socially constructed because you can't do an experiment where you remove culture and see what happens. So we don't...
Giant study links DNA variants to same-sex behavior – Science Magazine
<!----> A study of hundreds of thousands of people uncovered four genetic variants that were more common in people who reported at least one...
STEM is losing male LGBQ undergrads – Science Magazine
<!----> iStock.com/MarijaRadovic By Katie LanginMar. 14, 2018 , 2:00 PM It’s no secret that STEM...
Sexual-minority students more likely to abandon science majors – Nature.com
NEWS 14 March 2018 Undergraduates who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or queer switch to non-science degrees at higher rates than their heterosexual peers....
What Science Knows About Why People Are Gay – Newsweek
Recently, scientists announced that they found some genes that might be associated with sexual orientation and a biological explanation for the reason gay men tend to have older brothers.But the field...
Science of Sexuality – we were born this way – Cosmos
The science of human sexuality, as with anything to do with our intriguing and sometimes infuriating species, is complex. Undisputed answers as to the exact biological reasons...
WATCH: What Does Science Actually Say About Whether There’s a Gay Gene? – ScienceAlert
It's thought that between 2 and 6 percent of people identify as same sex attracted – but the jury is still firmly out on the science on why and how it...