• more about #homosexuality
    pixysix: For the record, I love the gay community. I lived on Davie street in Vancouver for three years and it's a very endearing community. I just want to cla... more »
    Jackrabbit6179: Here's an interesting thought: "To reduce reproductive success of competitors." So, as a gay man, I'm part of "nature's" birth control? Given the ra... more »
    Klebert L. Hall: A lot of it is probably just epiphenomenal. Not everything has to happen for an evolutionarily important reason. Plenty of animals masturbate, too - ... more »
    korybing: Agree with this chart or not, we all have to admit that those are some sassy human silhouettes. I've always found this sort of research extremely int... more »
    NotChoinski: Just admit it. Orange chromide chiclids are lazy sluts. more »
    firstofnormalin: "..always excellent New Scientist..." NO! New Scientist is the Sun of online science mags. Between "Darwin Was Wrong!" and the Magnetic Universe koo... more »
    DrMathochist: Wait, which genes in particular are these they cite in humans? Can someone link me to reports on "a single copy of a gene promotes survival, but two ... more »
    NerD: Blattella: This just proves scientifically that dolphins are perverts. more »
    cadrina: "the idea that certain genes somehow increase fitness in individuals who possess a single copy of them but are associated with same-sex behaviour in p... more »
    hwilam: This chart is great! Wait... "Provide resources to siblings?" How? (please help! we've been arguing this for a while now and can't figure it out!) more »
    kagekiri: I thought the idea of homosexuality becoming the social norm in "The Forever War" was pretty interesting, but I hadn't realized they narrowed down the... more »
    MonkeyT: "always excellent New Scientist", well, if you're into speculative fiction, that fits. If you actually want science, it's more like 60%-70% excellent... more »
    lightninglouie: I'm sure Orson Scott Card is hard at work right now on a story about a group of plucky preadolescent adventurers working to stamp out homosexuality th... more »
  • #madscience

    Charting the Possible Evolution of Same-Sex Liaisons

    Same-sex sexual behavior has evolved multiple times in various animals, including mammals, birds, fish, and even insects. Researchers are increasingly finding that the reasons such behaviors evolved are as varied as the animals themselves. More »
  • #madscience

    A Gene That Makes You Really Horny for Men