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Sex science

December 11, 2023

If Your Mood Dips After Sex, Post-Coital Dysphoria Could Be The Reason

October 10, 2023

Drs Huberman and Malik discuss the neurochemistry of sexual satiety

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September 17, 2023

Sex and Depression: In the Brain, if Not the Mind

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August 22, 2023

The Cult of the Natural

Synergy Explorers

August 13, 2023

The magic of contentment (not satiety)

Synergy Explorers How much sex

May 28, 2023

What’s the ideal amount of sex?

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April 17, 2023

The way of the sun

December 29, 2022

Is four times a week normal? (EL PAÍS)

sex positivity

December 8, 2022

Has ‘sex positivity’ fulfilled its promise?

Synergy Explorers

November 23, 2022

Hormones and postcoital dysphoria (EL PAÍS)

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