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.
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.
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.
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How to raise a guide dog
All dogs may be good dogs, but only the smartest and most focused can be Southeastern Guide Dogs
We asked Stan Bush about Transformers’ “The Touch” and he got inspirational AF
The "motivational rock" singer behind your favorite '80s movie anthem believes in all of us.
Beware the sextortionists in your inbox
Porn makes for a particularly intimate venue for extortion, compared to spoof emails or Nigerian financial fraud.
Is ASMR being punished for being pleasurable?
"Someone who has sex for money is providing a sexual service even if they insist that they're not; meanwhile, a ballet dancer who performs in Swan Lake is not providing a sexual service, even if someone in the audience finds ballet arousing.”
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.
Beyond taste: Texture really determines how we eat
Almost without fail—and without thinking—everyone says they’d rather be able to taste than to feel their food. That may not be the smartest choice.
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
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