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			<title><![CDATA[10 Authors Who Put Sex In Their Science Fiction]]></title>
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				Sex and science fiction have not always been the most obvious partners; combining the two has <a href="http://io9.com/5212504/isaac-asimovs-lost-story-of-sex-and-telepathic-energy-beings">occasionally defeated even the genre's greatest luminaries</a>.  But here are ten authors who successfully brought sex into the future.				<a href="http://io9.com/5216703/10-authors-who-put-sex-in-their-science-fiction" title="Click here to read more about 10 Authors Who Put Sex In Their Science Fiction">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:49:09 PDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Most Embarrassing Alien Mating Scenes Of All Time [NSFW]]]></title>
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				In this scene from the movie <em>Decoys 2</em>, an evil alien transforms into a sassy dominatrix so she can mate with a young guy. It's just one of the most embarrassing alien mating scenes ever.				<a href="http://io9.com/5216894/most-embarrassing-alien-mating-scenes-of-all-time-[nsfw]" title="Click here to read more about Most Embarrassing Alien Mating Scenes Of All Time [NSFW]">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:11:30 PDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tie Me Up And Pin Me Down! This Summer's Hottest Boy-Bondage]]></title>
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				Why do so many summer movie trailers feature boy-on-boy bondage? Like this <em>Terminator Salvation</em> goodness. We've pulled the best homoerotic bondagey moments, from this summer's biggest movie trailers.				<a href="http://io9.com/5216963/tie-me-up-and-pin-me-down-this-summers-hottest-boy+bondage" title="Click here to read more about Tie Me Up And Pin Me Down! This Summer's Hottest Boy-Bondage">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:30:00 PDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nine Human-Alien Love Children]]></title>
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				Maybe it's true that love knows no bounds. And when we're exploring space and discovering new alien life-forms, it just makes sense that we're going to have their babies. Here's our nine favorite half-human hybrids.				<a href="http://io9.com/5215384/nine-human+alien-love-children" title="Click here to read more about Nine Human-Alien Love Children">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<title><![CDATA[Scientists Discover All-Female Ant Species that Reproduces by Cloning]]></title>
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				A group of Amazonian ants have evolved an extremely unusual social system: They are all female and reproduce via cloning. Though their sexual organs have virtually disappeared, they have also gained some extraordinary abilities.				<a href="http://io9.com/5215921/scientists-discover-all+female-ant-species-that-reproduces-by-cloning" title="Click here to read more about Scientists Discover All-Female Ant Species that Reproduces by Cloning">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:30:00 PDT]]></pubDate>
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				What exactly is Khan Noonien Singh doing in Hustler's new <em>Star Trek</em> porn movie? And what role does Sasha Grey play? We talked to screenwriter Roger Krypton. Plus an exclusive work-safe clip and pics.				<a href="http://io9.com/5215260/secrets-of-hustlers-star-trek-xxx-movie" title="Click here to read more about Secrets Of Hustler's Star Trek XXX Movie">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:49:42 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Jane Anders]]></dc:creator>
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				Since science fiction was invented, the real world has followed in its footsteps, whether it's <a href="http://io9.com/5202345/science-fiction-put-words-in-our-mouths">language</a> or <a href="http://io9.com/5171594/science-could-stand-to-learn-from-science-fiction">replicating fictional moral dilemmas</a>. But there's one area where the real world is sadly lacking: science-fictional sextoys.				<a href="http://io9.com/5213815/science-fiction-sex-toys-wed-like-in-the-real-world" title="Click here to read more about Science Fiction Sex Toys We'd Like In The Real World">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<title><![CDATA[Seven (Mostly) Scientific Devices for Measuring Sexual Arousal]]></title>
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				Scientists can measure atoms and they can measure the distance from our sun to the edges of the universe. So of course they also have instruments that can determine precisely how sexually aroused you are.				<a href="http://io9.com/5214130/seven-mostly-scientific-devices-for-measuring-sexual-arousal" title="Click here to read more about Seven (Mostly) Scientific Devices for Measuring Sexual Arousal">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:39:48 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Annalee Newitz]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Worst Love Spells Gone Wrong]]></title>
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				In honor of spring fever, we decided to pay tribute to those that try to create love, either chemically or magically. Too bad forcing desire always leads to disaster. Here are our favorite love-potion calamities.				<a href="http://io9.com/5213816/the-worst-love-spells-gone-wrong" title="Click here to read more about The Worst Love Spells Gone Wrong">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:40:36 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meredith Woerner]]></dc:creator>
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				Pin-up artist Andrew Bawidamann is best known for his military art, showing bodacious women in uniforms and on the battlefields. But he also does amazing space pin-ups, and here are a few of our favorites.				<a href="http://io9.com/5213577/pin+up-girls-tame-outer-space-ride-godzilla-maybe-nsfw" title="Click here to read more about Pin-Up Girls Tame Outer Space, Ride Godzilla (Maybe NSFW)">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:27:27 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Jane Anders]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[An Alternate Sexual History of the United States [NSFW]]]></title>
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				How would our world today be different if one adventurous woman had traveled back in time and had glorious sex with every single US president? Time-traveling artist Justine Lai is about to find out.				<a href="http://io9.com/5213438/an-alternate-sexual-history-of-the-united-states-[nsfw]" title="Click here to read more about An Alternate Sexual History of the United States [NSFW]">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:39:32 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Annalee Newitz]]></dc:creator>
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				In 1955, Isaac Asimov wrote "The Portable Star", a story he considered so bad, so <em>sexy</em>, that he forbade it ever being collected or reprinted. For fifty-four years, it has been forgotten. Until now.				<a href="http://io9.com/5212504/isaac-asimovs-lost-story-of-sex-and-telepathic-energy-beings" title="Click here to read more about Isaac Asimov's Lost Story Of Sex And Telepathic Energy Beings">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:06:33 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alasdair Wilkins]]></dc:creator>
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				Is Second Life about to become the new Times Square? The virtual world is to be cleaned up, according to reports, allowing those who don't want to see cyberfrottage to remain innocent and untouched.				<a href="http://io9.com/5207282/is-linden-really-pushing-second-life-sex-away" title="Click here to read more about Is Linden Really Pushing Second Life Sex Away?">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:00:00 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Graeme McMillan]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[With 32.7 Million &quot;Excess Males,&quot; What Will Become of China?]]></title>
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				For every 100 girls born in China during 2005, 120 boys were born. A new demographic study shows that the biggest population control experiment in history has turned China's youth into the "male generation."				<a href="http://io9.com/5212078/with-327-million-excess-males-what-will-become-of-china" title="Click here to read more about With 32.7 Million &quot;Excess Males,&quot; What Will Become of China?">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:00:00 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Annalee Newitz]]></dc:creator>
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				When it comes to slash fiction - fans' illicit writings about same-sex hook-ups - people always talk Kirk/Spock. Or Snape/Everyone. But here are some valiant science-fiction heroes who secretly rule the world of slash fiction.				<a href="http://io9.com/5211993/great-unsung-slash-fiction-heroes" title="Click here to read more about Great Unsung Slash Fiction Heroes">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:52:52 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Jane Anders]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Star Trek's Pon Farr Fragrance Ads Help You "Leave Logic Behind"]]></title>
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				Ladies, discover how you can fulfill "the needs of the one," with this exclusive look at the Vulcan fragrance Pon Farr. There are also new ads for <em><a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged STAR TREK" title="Click here to read more posts tagged STAR TREK" href="http://io9.com/tag/star-trek/">Star Trek</a></em> fragrances Tiberius and <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged RED SHIRT" title="Click here to read more posts tagged RED SHIRT" href="http://io9.com/tag/red-shirt/">Red Shirt</a>.				<a href="http://io9.com/5212001/star-treks-pon-farr-fragrance-ads-help-you-leave-logic-behind" title="Click here to read more about Star Trek's Pon Farr Fragrance Ads Help You "Leave Logic Behind"">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:55:21 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meredith Woerner]]></dc:creator>
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				Last week, scientists possibly <a href="http://io9.com/5197330/science-discovers-reason-for-infertility-wants-to-recreate-it">found the key to making men (temporarily) infertile</a>, and now science may have discovered the secret behind female fertility, allowing women to finally say goodbye to the ticking baby clock.				<a href="http://io9.com/5210775/new-research-could-put-an-end-to-menopause" title="Click here to read more about New Research Could Put an End to Menopause">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:00:00 PDT]]></pubDate>
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				<!-- videoId: ZagGfBC7wPU --><!-- /videoId: ZagGfBC7wPU -->Being a pubescent robot is confusing. Between the strange robo-boners to getting caught sneaking a glance in the girl's locker room, Inochi isn't having much luck.				<a href="http://io9.com/5210247/creepy-tween-robot-learns-the-hard-way-about-puberty" title="Click here to read more about Creepy Tween Robot Learns The Hard Way About Puberty">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:10:08 PDT]]></pubDate>
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				Spring is here, and the aliens are out cruising for robot babes and human cuties. All week on io9, we'll be celebrating this frisky season. Let's get started with a shocking gallery of sexy scifi.				<a href="http://io9.com/5209530/its-spring-mating-season-+-in-space-[nsfw]" title="Click here to read more about It's Spring Mating Season - In Space! [NSFW]">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:30:00 PDT]]></pubDate>
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