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A close-up of the gynandromorph cricket

Life

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

An extremely rare cricket with female sex organs but male wings – known as a gynandromorph – could tell us more about how sex differences arise

News

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

Health

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

Analysis

Male peacocks can make females' heads vibrate at a distance

Life

Male peacocks can make females' heads vibrate at a distance

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Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

Life

Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

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Sperm cells

Health

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

Comment

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

Life

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

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stock image of a woman sat on a hospital bed

Health

G-spot surgery given to three women to boost sexual pleasure

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Finger-prick test reveals fetus's sex in the first trimester

Health

Finger-prick test reveals fetus's sex in the first trimester

News

Male fruit flies feel pleasure when they ejaculate

Life

Male fruit flies feel pleasure when they ejaculate

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Palm trees have been spotted changing sex for the first time

Life

Palm trees have been spotted changing sex for the first time

Four Quindío wax palms in Colombia have changed sex from male to female, which was thought to be impossible for such plants

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Life

A very pregnant female ray had to fend off four courting males

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Life

Daft male spiders prefer females who are more likely to eat them

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Humans

Biggest ever family tree shows when cousins stopped having sex

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Life

Advertising campaign for monkeys uses sex to sell brands

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