Sex

Sciences & Technology
The Australian grasshopper that’s given up sex
A unique ‘matchstick’ grasshopper that’s evolved into an all-female species that doesn’t reproduce through sex gives us fascinating insights into evolution

Health & Medicine
Hooking up in lockdown
A new study shows that the Australian COVID-19 lockdown did impact on our sexual behaviour – but the need for reproductive health services remains during the pandemic

Arts & Culture
Book extract
Sex and the remake
A new book explores the fraught process of taking on a TV or film remake, and why updating attitudes to sex may not always work

Sciences & Technology
It’s not just antenna size, but scales that matter for lonely male moths
Male moth antennae act like sieves, separating female sex pheromones from environmental dust

Sciences & Technology
Genes don’t always dictate that ‘boys will be boys’
The evolutionary biology behind insect sex can tell us a lot about ourselves - but for both them and us, genes aren’t necessarily destiny

Sciences & Technology
Darwin was right: Females prefer sex with good listeners
Almost 150 years after Charles Darwin first proposed a little-known prediction from his theory of sexual selection, researchers have found that male moths with larger antennae are better at detecting female signals

Sciences & Technology
The science behind love songs
How love works on our mind, body and soul ... and why we want to write music about it