“The art of life lies in taking pleasures as they pass,” said the ancient Greek philosopher Aristippus, “and the keenest pleasures are not intellectual, nor are they always moral.” In other words: If ...

¡Gracias a la vida, que me ha dado tanto! — Violeta Parra Odysseus, "man of many devices" (polytropos), had most of his epic adventures behind him three years after leaving Troy. Then, with all his ...

When I reflect on some of the most misunderstood concepts within the realm of human sexuality, kink and BDSM are at the top of the list. Specifically, the idea that people could find pleasure in ...

"Chakras", Sanskrit for "wheel", are energy centers located at vital points along your spine. They distribute the flow of life force throughout your body. You have seven primary chakras — from the ...

In the first pages of her book Dopamine Nation, Dr. Anna Lembke, a psychiatrist working at Stanford University, tells the story of a patient who masturbated for hours a day using a machine he ...

The work of the neuroscientist Ishmail Abdus-Saboor has opened up a world of insights into precisely how much pleasure and pain animals experience during different forms of touch. Ishmail Abdus-Saboor ...