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Pacific crickets on Moloka’i are singing a new tune

Life

Crickets rapidly evolve new mating call to evade their parasites

In Hawaii, parasitic flies target singing crickets, forcing them to rapidly evolve to escape detection. Now some males have developed a special, seductive purr

News

WHO calls for ban on ‘virginity tests’, including those used by police

Health

WHO calls for ban on ‘virginity tests’, including those used by police

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colourful condoms

Technology

Special coating gives condoms self-lubricating powers

News

Female flies evolved serrated genitals that get in the way during sex

Life

Female flies evolved serrated genitals that get in the way during sex

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dance fly

Life

Dance flies attract males with their hairy legs and inflatable sacs

News

woman yawning

Life

A startling sexual side-effect to yawning – and other past stories

Regulars

Elneil

Health

The inside story of the vaginal mesh scandal, from top removal surgeon

Features

Portrait of Kath Sansom, a young, lively-looking woman, outside a house

Life

‘The pain was instant’: The devastating impact of vaginal mesh surgery

Features

A close-up of the gynandromorph cricket

Life

Rare half-female, half-male cricket leads a complicated life

News

How worried should you be about a new 'superbug' STI?

Health

How worried should you be about a new 'superbug' STI?

You’ve probably never heard of Mycoplasma genitalium, even though it’s one of the most prevalent. Here’s what you need to know

Analysis

Life

Male peacocks can make females' heads vibrate at a distance

News

Life

Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

News

Health

A male pill will be a breakthrough for science but not for women

Comment

Life

A fossil may rewrite the story of how plants first lived on land

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