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"Bright Pill" for Male Birth Control Shows Promise in Early Tests

Marijuana, ultrasound, and now mouse sex: the quest for a male birth control method has taken some weird turns. The latest contender for the elusive male pill is an Israeli…

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Has The "Gay Gene" Been Found in Female Mice?

The sex habits of mice have long been an intriguing subject for scientists. Now, mouse sex just got a lot more interesting for the rest of us. A group of Korean geneticists…

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At Last, Science Figures Out The Keys to Sexy Dancing

For Fred Astaire, it was best done cheek to cheek. Madonna made it all about getting into the groove. And Outkast advocated shaking it like a Polaroid picture. Dancing can…

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Birth Control Pills Shown to Alter Structure of Women's Brains

You aren't yourself anymore. It's a familiar complaint heard by women who have recently gone on birth control pills. Now studies are providing evidence for what many of those…

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Baby Born From 20-Year-Old Frozen Embryo

Cryopreservation was once the domain of sci-fi novels and B-rate movies. (Think Encino Man.) But it's increasingly real, as the recent birth of a healthy boy from a frozen…

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Researchers Tag Eggs and Embryos With Bar Codes, For Easy In-Vitro Fertilization

Critics of the selection that's often involved in assisted reproductive technology – picking a 5’10”, blond-haired, Ivy League grad egg donor, for example – say it…

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