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"We all know the future of sex involves robots and teledildonics," writes Annalee Newitz on io9.com, "but what will love be like in centuries to come?" Newitz—recently anointed one of "100 Geeks You Should Be Following on Twitter"—does a bit of forecasting and describes three potential scenarios, "based on current trends" ... (Read more in Double X.)
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io9, the Gawker empire's science/sci-fi blog, is wrapping up its weeklong "Spring Mating Season"
series, and it's pretty awesome. If you find that you need a break this
weekend from those repeat Susan Boyle viewings, I highly suggest checking it out. The io9 editors
highlight sex-related science news—such as a potential end to menopause and the discovery of the world's first all-female ant species*—and they've also put together some awesome top-ten lists, like this not-entirely-safe-for-work one about the all-time most embarrassing alien mating moments. (I vividly, unhappily, remember that Klingon one from when I was 11.) I especially recommend Takashi Murakami's creepy-sweet Inochi videos, about a prepubescent love-sick robot who looks like Eric Stoltz from Mask, and has similar girl problems. Happy Pon Farr, everyone!
*Correction, April 21, 2009: the original post said "all-female species," but the Mycocepurus smithii is actually the world's first all female ant species. Other all-female, non-ant species exist.