Having sex as you age helps you to stay healthy and to enjoy life — Last January I played When I’m Sixty-Four on my birthday. I have been listening to that Beatles’ song since I was 14, wondering how I would be when I finally arrived to that age. Now, fifty years later, I think I would surprise my former self if he could see…

After science discarded the soul, consciousness took its place. — How We Lost Our Soul Science made us lose our souls. We have lost our soul because we no longer need to believe that we have a soul. We have a mind, and neuroscience is showing how this mind results from the functioning of our brain. Without the brain, there is no mind. However, our…

New genetic techniques like fluorescent reporter genes, optogenetics and DREADD allow scientist to manipulate the functions of individual cells in live animals. — Many of my scientists colleagues are thrilled about the new transgenic techniques. Transgenic methods are sophisticated molecular biology techniques that consist of moving genes from one species to another, or in creating artificial genes and expressing them in a living organism. …

The principles of sex-positive culture are interdependent and logically anchored in personal freedom and autonomy — Sex-positive culture arose from the sexual liberation of the 60s and the Feminists Sex Wars that started in the 80s and persist until today. This protracted confrontation between radical feminists and sex-positive feminists gave rise to a larger sex-positive culture that eventually spilled out of feminism into general society.

How the stereotype of the pimp is used to persecute sex workers — My ‘Lies About Prostitution’ series This article is part of a series about that the lies that conservatives and radical feminists tell about sex work and prostitution. Previous articles in these series are: Lie 1: Prostitution is Human Trafficking Lie 2: Prostitution Degrades Women Lie 3: Sex Workers Hate Their Job and Their Clients

And how to defend yourself against them. — Yes, they can hurt you The first mistake we make is to think that we cannot be hurt by our interactions online. After all, they are two separate worlds: the real one, where we live under our real name and interact with our friends and families, and the one behind our computer screen. In it…

Scientific studies disprove the belief that the clitoris is the only source of women’s orgasms — The clitorocentric dogma It’s a controversy that has lasted a hundred years. Since the earliest studies on sexology, it was believed that the clitoris is the only source of women’s orgasms. That vaginal penetration produced orgasms only by indirectly stimulating the clitoris. Hence, the best way for women to achieve orgasm is to…

Human mutations show that endocannabinoids reduce pain and anxiety — This is the fourth in a series of articles about the neuroscience of cannabis and the endocannabinoid system. The previous articles are: Cannabis Neuroscience — Cannabinoid Receptors A quick review of the receptors that mediate the effects of cannabinoidsmedium.com Cannabis Neuroscience — Cannabinoids and Endocannabinoids Memory formation, inhibition of pain and anxiety, and other interesting facts about the brain’s own cannabinoidsmedium.com

The moving stories of the parents who gave their children cannabis to save their lives — Today is April 20, a day when many people celebrate the wonderful properties of cannabis. For the last few days, I have been publishing one article a day about the neuroscience of cannabis and the endocannabinoid system: Cannabinoid Receptors Cannabinoids and Endocannabinoids Charlotte’s Web (this article) I heard the moving…