Mother Nature does it better (ASMR edition)

Mother Nature does it better (ASMR edition)

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Sex is Weird 6: Virgin birth

It turns out not everyone was listening when it was written 'it takes two to tango' and some species can go it alone in their quest to reproduce. And then there's the plants that decided THREE or ONE was for them, never an even number.Why is sex so… suspiciously complicated?Sex i ...  Show more

Sex is Weird 5: Why does it feel good, anyway?

What is the role of pleasure in successful reproduction?Evolution says it's mightily important: every female vertebrate has a clitoris.Snakes have two!Female pleasure has been selected for.Making sex fun and pleasurable is a biologically sensible thing to do, more sex means more ...  Show more

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