Scientists try to measure love

Leave it to science to take all the fun out of something as cosmically pure as love.

Pregnancy tests available to girls as young as 11 at school health clinics have been criticised by campaigners, as local authorities try to widen their availability.

Coffee snobs can find more than froth and sugar at the bottom of their cups - personality lives there as well.

I read an article a few months back about top bedroom blunders, and I wanted to see how I stacked up. My husband and I have a waterbed, and having sex on a waterbed sometimes makes you look like Bambi trying to walk on ice. It's rather comical.

I took on the ones that I found most interesting. Regarding the mistakes for men, I thought "Poor Personal Grooming" was hilarious, especially when it mentioned how men must engage in "man-scaping", as if the average man is an unkempt invasive shrub in dire need of pruning. "Taking Things Too Fast" made me laugh. I'm the one who takes things too fast. The Count reminds me of that all the time, since he would like more foreplay, and I would like to get right down to The Act sometimes. Maybe it's because I write about sex. I'm always thinking about sex, which puts me in a more receptive mood. Who knows?

Ok, so let's imagine that you have lived with your partner for a long period that you asking where all the fun has gone. Your job stresses you out, the kids won't stop making demands, your in-laws say you never visit, laundry is piling up, and dinner needs to be cooked. You are ready to pull your hair out, and the last thing on your mind is intimacy. What happened?

With Valentine's so close, you'll want to make it unforgettable. Instead of just flowers and a box of chocolates, here are some tips to transfer Valentine's Day into a day you and your honey will never forget.

"An experimental abstinence-only program without a moralistic tone can delay teens from having sex, a provocative study found," The Associated Press reports.

Abstinence-only sex education has been a favorite target of the cultural elite, who argued it was naive at best and dangerous at worst.

"So what's next?" I asked. "Got a couple of choices, goat milk or video games.A I don't recommend trying to come up with something on your own again so soon.a This was only the second time Roger had called with an assignment, I would have taken just about anything he offered....

Story about virtual reality and one sexual possibility

The study is "quality research" and "good science," said James Wagoner, president of Advocates for Youth.

What teens and parents have to lose. T his week, the media gave us what appeared to be startling news: Research, appearing in a journal published by the American Medical Association, showed that abstinence programs dramatically reduced teen sexual activity.

JLS get sent condoms by their mothers. The 'Everybody In Love' hitmakers insist they always practice safe sex and never run out of contraception, thanks to their parents.

Abstinence-only sex education can work -- if it's based on established strategies for helping young people change their attitudes about other types of risky behavior like smoking and drinking, new research shows.

The mass media is a-buzz over the Alan Guttmacher Institute's "news" on teen pregnancy.

The Casual Sex Generation Casual sex: the problem or the solution in the search for true love? Is the zipless romp the problem or the solution in the search for true love, Sam Brett asks.