science

Trumpdate: The War on Science

President Donald Trump makes no secret of his disdain for scientific evidence that doesn’t align…

Finding Spirituality in Science

Some secular-minded folks find the ideas of religion and spirituality unappealing because they think they…

New study shows same-sex parents’ children healthiest, happiest

A new study (the largest study done to date) found that children of same-sex families grow to be physically healthier, and their families more cohesive.

Brown bears fallate each other, make National news

There’s still so much to learn from the Animal Kingdom.

The biology of being gay

In general, you have about a five percent chance of being born gay. But if you’re one half of a pair of fraternal twins (sharing the womb but only half your DNA — the same amount as any other biological sibling), you’ve got about a 25 percent chance of being faaaabulous!

The Gay Brain: What makes us LGBT?

The science behind sexual orientation began in part with a 1991 study by Dr. Simon LeVay, then a neurobiologist at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California. LeVay measured the size of a group of cells called the nucleus within the anterior hypothalamus, a region of the brain previously linked to the regulation of sexual behavior in other animals.