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The ‘Flying Car’ Backed by Google’s Co-Founder Is Here
By Cole Sadler
Silicon valley has been working on the development of a flying car for years. And Larry Page, the co-founder of Google, has been...
Intersectional Sex Will Make You Better in Bed
By Isabelle Kohn
In a bright, beige conference room at Los Angeles’s Westin Airport hotel, Reid Mihalko, who describes himself as “the golden retriever of sex...
The First All-Electric SUV Looks Seriously Bad-Ass
By Marcus Amick
Electric vehicles chief selling points are their usefulness on work commutes, top-line capabilities and eco-friendliness. You’re getting to work in the carpool lane,...
On Manhood and Testicular Cancer
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It was May 2, 2004 and I had been living in a small borough 60 miles westward from Philadelphia for the last six months. The area was...
Uncovering Alien Sex, a Truly Out-of-This-World Fetish
By Jennifer Billock
Illustration by Katie Bailie
According to the late CDB Bryan, a journalist who chronicled tales of purported meetings with extraterrestrials in the book Close Encounters of the...
Can We Stop Asking Amber Heard About Her Sexual Identity?
By Lisa Beebe
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Amber Heard has been training hard to play the sea queen Mera, Aquaman’s love interest, in the upcoming Justice League movie, Aquaman. The 31-year-old actress’ career...
Why Did 63,000 People Cancel Their Tesla Model 3 Preorders?
By Andrew Daniels
Let’s just get this out of the way: Tesla’s hotly anticipated Model 3 car, the first handful of which started showing up in...
From Headaches to Sneezing to Crying: The Most Unusual Side Effects of Orgasms
Alessandro Biascioli
If there’s one thing we all have in common when it comes to sex, it’s that orgasms are a pretty amazing experience, right?...
Nineties Nostalgia and Bad Behavior: Go Inside Playboy’s Hidden Arcade
What do you get when you combine a now-ubiquitous appreciation for all things nineties, tucked-away space in Downtown LA and an endless supply of...
On the Power Food Has Over Your Love Life
By Bobby Box
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As if our physical appearance, hairstyle, fashion choices and conversation weren’t enough to stress over at the beginning of a relationship, a new...