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Illustrative: Research assistant Katie McCullough holds a mouse in a Washington University lab where doctors study a rare form of autism, December 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
April 9, 2026, 7:44 pm
With a switch of a letter in DNA ‘dark matter,’ Israeli scientists change sex of mouse
Bar-Ilan University researchers use CRISPR tool to alter Enh13 switch controlling Sox9 gene, causing XX mice to develop as males; study may help explain other genetic mutations
By Diana Bletter
Researcher Maor Kaplan. (Jonathan Bloom)
March 24, 2025, 10:50 am
Poll showing religious teens are sexually active sparks rethink of when to have the talk
High numbers of students in religious Zionist schools, where sex education is often an afterthought, are having sex with their peers, including those in gender-segregated settings
By Rossella Tercatin
The New York Post printed a blurred screenshot of the couple who engaged in synagogue Zoom sexual activity in May 2022. (Screen capture via JTA)
June 2, 2022, 6:25 pm
Sex act on bat mitzvah Zoom stream renews questions about online Shabbat services
Incident in Minneapolis suburb points to risk of using video conferencing in Conservative shuls, which are otherwise barred from using electronics on Sabbath
By Jackie Hajdenberg
This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. A leading doctor who chairs a World Health Organization expert group described the unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease monkeypox in developed countries as 'a random event' that might be explained by risky sexual behavior at two recent mass events in Europe. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/ CDC via AP, File)
May 23, 2022, 7:05 pm
Rare monkeypox outbreak likely spread by sex at 2 raves in Europe, expert says
Former head of WHO’s emergencies department says outbreak is a ‘random event’ caused by parties in Spain and Belgium
By Maria Cheng
(Courtesy/ Malika Danae Photography)
April 10, 2022, 5:36 am
Sex and serious journalism co-mingle in an intimate memoir on kink and polyamory
Rachel Krantz’s new book ‘Open’ breaks the glass wall of taboo while serving as a guide for self-liberation and avoiding gaslighting in any relationship
By Shelley Sackett
Activists from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community in Lebanon shout slogans and hold up a rainbow flags as they march in which they are calling on the government for more rights in the country gripped by economic and financial crisis during ongoing protests in Beirut, Lebanon, June 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
May 18, 2021, 10:01 am
Taboo-breaking Arab podcasts shatter silence surrounding sexuality
Hundreds of thousands of people listen to programs that are providing reliable and relatable content
By Hashem Osseiran
Illustrative: Amit Rahav (Yanky) and Shira Haas (Esty) in Netflix's 'Unorthodox.' (Netflix)
October 21, 2020, 3:26 pm
LISTEN: Everything is kosher and nothing is unorthodox in sex, says therapist
In an extremely frank conversation, Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus busts myths and recommends reimagining androcentric ideas of what sex really is
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative photo of a couple kissing at the beach. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 23, 2020, 2:05 pm
Israeli research urges resuming sex soon after a heart attack
Many who undergo cardiac events fear bursts of physical exertion, but regular sexual activity improves self-perception and is linked to better survival rates, 3-decade study finds
By ToI Staff
Magnus Hirschfeld in New York City, early 1930s (public domain)
November 11, 2019, 1:16 am
100 years ago, Germany’s ‘Einstein of Sex’ began the gay rights movement
Although he never became a household name like Freud, sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld fought to decriminalize homosexuality and improve LGBTQ healthcare
By Matt Lebovic
In this video posted to social media on September 16, 2019, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged voters not to get distracted by election day sex and forget to go to the polls. (Twitter screenshot)
September 17, 2019, 4:23 pm
Netanyahu warns voters of dangers of sex on election day
Israelis respond with snark to PM’s video cautioning supporters not to be complacent
By ToI Staff
Sexual activity, in moderation, may boost long-term survival rates for heart attack survivors, according to a new paper in the American Journal of Medicine. (iStockPhoto)
August 6, 2019, 11:46 am
Weekly sex could boost survival among heart attack survivors
Patients who have sex once a week had a 37% lower mortality rate than those who abstain, Israeli study finds
By ToI Staff
Sculpted figurine of two lovers, Natufian, from Ain Sakhri (© The Trustees of the British Museum)
June 28, 2018, 2:07 am
First artistic depiction of sex, found near Bethlehem, to join UK LGBTQ exhibit
11,000-year-old Natufian stone sculpture, which shows an entwined androgynous couple caught in the act, was discovered in the Judean Desert in the 1930s
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Amanda B. Dan
June 26, 2018, 8:51 am
Amanda B. Dan
The day a ‘hand vagina’ made this bride blush
Or how an Orthodox rebbetzin made this secular Israeli bride blush
Copies of "The Diary of Anne Frank" are displayed at the exhibition 'Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away' on November 28, 2017 at the Arte Canal Exhibition Centre in Madrid. (AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS
May 16, 2018, 12:11 pm
Anne Frank’s gay uncle, sex jokes found ‘hidden’ in her diary
Just-released ‘uncovered’ writings in Frank’s original diary show she enjoyed the occasional off-color joke — just like any teen
By Matt Lebovic
Teresien da Silva, left, and Ronald Leopold of the Anne Frank Foundation show a facsimile of Anne Frank's diary with two pages taped off during a press conference at the foundation's office in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, May 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
May 15, 2018, 10:27 pm
Dutch researchers uncover dirty jokes hidden in Anne Frank’s diary
Pages contain four jokes about sex that teen herself described as ‘dirty’ and an explanation of women’s sexual development, sex, contraception, and prostitution
By Mike Corder
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