Health & Medicine / Sex & Gender

The Toxinator: EPA Robot Tests Chemicals to See if They're Poison

The EPA and independent researchers can't possibly test the huge range of chemicals found in products we use. But now a tireless, efficient bot will take on the task. 08.26.2011

The 100 Top Science Stories of 2010

Every year DISCOVER sorts through the scientific accomplishments of the past 12 months, and assembles a list of the coolest experiments, most brilliant discoveries, and most world-changing events. As you page through the countdown to the #1 science story, we think you'll come to the same conclusion we did: 2010 was quite a year. 12.16.2010

Mating Like an Animal: The Real Story

PBS explores the hidden truths of animal attraction. 04.11.2008

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Sex

And you thought you knew everything... 03.19.2008

Why Aren’t All People Beautiful?

Maybe the genes that make hot males make distinctly un-hot females. 11.27.2007

Of Mice As Men

Without a pheromone detector, female mice turn into gender benders. 11.19.2007

Girls Gone Boys Gone Wild

Altering a mouse's sense of smell can seriously mess with its gender identity. 09.11.2007

He Thinks, She Thinks

Gender differences show up in the brain. 07.05.2007

Map: High School Hookups

Teens make life easy for STDs. 06.18.2007

The Real Story on Gay Genes

Homing in on the science of homosexuality—and sexuality itself 06.05.2007

What Maketh a Man?

A pinch of nurture and a poisonous dollop of testosterone? 11.10.2006

Not Just Filler

Semen contains hormones that might induce a woman to release eggs earlier than normal. 11.07.2006

Raw Data: When Testosterone Turns Toxic

Can more sex make up for less life? 07.01.2006

Coded For Stupidity

03.03.2006

Men Hear Women's Melodies

Men Hear Women's Melodies 11.22.2005

Sex

For better or worse, sex chromosomes are linked to human intelligence 10.24.2005

Cultural Cleavage

09.30.2004

Forbidden Science

What can studies of pornography, prostitutes, and seedy truck stops contribute to society? 08.02.2004

Genetics

01.02.2004

Good News for Men

01.01.2002

Follow-up:

10.01.2001

Y So Small?

03.01.2000

A Question of Gender

Meet Emma, one of 65,000 babies born each year neither male nor female. Once surgeons made them into females. Now parents wonder if these infants shouldn't be left untouched 01.01.2000

Testosterone Rules

It takes more than just a hormone to make a fellow's trigger fish itch. 03.01.1997

Scent of a Man

02.01.1996

Whither the Y?

The price of making a man is an ever shrinking chromosomal claim to fame. 02.01.1995

Father's Milk

From goats to people, males can be mammary mammals, too. 02.01.1995

Turning a Man

To their own horror and that of their parents, some babies born with male genes end up with female parts. 06.01.1992

Evolution of the Big O

Are orgasms function or fun? Inquiring biologists want to know. 06.01.1992

Sex and the Single Hermaphrodite

If you were a slug and could choose your own sex, which would you pick? Are you sure? 06.01.1992

Growing Up in a Hurry

The onset of puberty may be an individual decision. 06.01.1992