Rising Again: How surgeons have tackled the world’s first penis transplants
The complex quality-of-life procedure is, in some sense, life-saving: It allows patients to feel like themselves again.
How it feels to go through radioactive isolation
One pill, three days alone: A personal account of treating cancer in forced solitude.
In the NICU, volunteer cuddlers comfort babies on the brink
When parents of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit can't be there around the clock, volunteer snugglers step in to ease the stress and provide a soothing touch.
How to raise a guide dog
All dogs may be good dogs, but only the smartest and most focused can be Southeastern Guide Dogs
Why ‘Don’t Touch’ makes us want to
The root is a phenomenon of human psychology called reactance. When we perceive threats to freedom, we are fiercely motivated to resist.
Join us for an evening of music and stories with Miss Eaves, Whitney Bell and more!
Let's talk about bodies! Join A Beautiful Perspective for a mind-blowing night of music, conversation and inspiration in NYC!
Intergender wrestling empowers women by pitting them against the guys
Grace stunned the 10,000 fans in attendance when she hoisted the 268-pound Brian Cage onto her shoulders, squatted him and eliminated him from the match.
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Pizza queen Laura Meyer says perfect pie isn’t about the recipe
No one expected a 29-year-old American woman to win at the pizza world championship. Joke’s on them.
X-Men’s Rogue won’t stop rising
In writer Kelly Thompson’s hands, the conflicted character grapples with her powers, her intimacy issues and herself
It’s Science: Reddit is the new sex ed
Sex education in U.S. schools is spreading misleading and biased information, so the sexually curious are turning to Reddit.
Americans are touching each other less—and it’s making us more violent
When monkeys can see and hear each other but can't touch, they get so aggressive they can kill.
I use kink to heal past trauma
The first time the crop snapped my thigh, I jumped and heard a moan, which I belatedly realized had come from my own mouth.
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I use kink to heal past trauma
The first time the crop snapped my thigh, I jumped and heard a moan, which I belatedly realized had come from my own mouth.
These hospital nurses are healing with their hands
Until science can reconcile the biomedical paradigm with the body’s more ethereal phenomena, she’s okay being a bit like Master Yoda urging an incredulous Luke Skywalker to feel the Force.
Youth vs. Government
Aji Piper turned 18 this year, just voted for the first time, and is one of 21 youth plaintiffs suing the U.S. government to save the planet.
