Sex! It's all over the Times Science section today: how genetic preferences guide it, why people stop having it when they get old, and what makes people want more of it—"'Listening to Noam Chomsky,' said a psychologist in her 50s, 'always turns me on.'" Believe it or not, though, that quote is not the least hot thing about this special section. No, that would have to be this deeply awkward and wink-and-nod-less video of Science editor David Corcoran interviewing Dr. Helen Fisher about desire. Like Roxy Music, Dr. Fisher believes that love is the (ok, "a") drug. Check out David's shifty-eyes when he's talking about the differences in the ways men and women respond to desire. The hot electric signals emitted by his spinal tendinous reflexes are palpable.

On Desire [NYT]