Sex in the Afternoon: Wellcome Collection announces sexology literature tour
Four internationally renowned writers - including London’s first Young Poet Laureate, the current Forward Prize holder, and the former inaugural Poet in Residence at the…
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'False Memory Archive' culminates in touring exhibition
Scientific research into the phenomenon of false memories underpins the national touring exhibition 'False Memory Archive’, opening at The Exchange in Penzance on Saturday 28…
What Sex did to the X – and Why
A chromosome account of evolution and revolution
The human X chromosome is about sex and how it evolved. It also has a unique position in the history of genetics – and the…
Sexually transmitted infections and risky sex still an issue in the UK
New results from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal), published in The Lancet, provide a picture of sexually transmitted infection (STI)…
Sex on the brain: 'Doublesex' gene key to determining fruit fly gender
The brains of males and females, and how they use them, may be far more different then previously thought, at least in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, according to…
One in ten women in Britain report having experienced sex against their will
One in ten women (9.8%) and roughly one in seventy men (1.4%), when asked “Has anyone actually made you have sex with them, against your will?”, said yes, according to new…
Sex by Numbers: Wellcome Collection launches a national Sexology Season
Wellcome Collection is launching 'Sex by Numbers' - an interactive infographic that playfully maps the nation’s sex lives, from who with to how often - to mark the start of…
One in six men and women feel that their health affects their sex life
A new study, published in The Lancet as part of the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal), systematically assesses the association between…
Survey examines changes in sexual behaviour and attitudes in Britain
New results published in The Lancet as part of the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal) reveal how sexual behaviour and attitudes in Britain have…
Blood, Guts, Brains and Babies
Wellcome Collection and City Stories Walks have been working together to bring you their first interactive, multimedia walking tour straight to your iPhone or iPod Touch.
Oxford hosts The Identity Project
As part of a nationwide tour of activity from the Wellcome Trust, The Identity Project arrives in Oxford this month. A series of exhibitions, talks and films exploring who we…
A postcoital switch: mapping the changing behaviours in the female fruit fly's mind
If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, then it shouldn’t be surprising that their neural circuits differ. In research published today in the journal ‘Current Biology…
‘The Institute of Sexology’ opens its doors at Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Collection is exploring the most publicly discussed of private acts with ‘The Institute of Sexology’, the first UK exhibition to bring together the pioneers of the…
Wellcome Trust launches nationwide Sexology Songwriting project
Young people from around the UK have begun work on a Sexology Songwriting project that will see them exploring the study of sex through music and lyrics.
'The Institute of Sexology' to be first exhibition at expanded Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Collection will explore the most publicly discussed of private acts with ‘The Institute of Sexology’ (20 November 2014 to 20 September 2015), the first UK exhibition…
Skeletons: Our Buried Bones
This summer, Wellcome Collection and the Museum of London are collaborating to unearth the stories behind bones from burial grounds across the UK.
At least four out of ten men and women have had a recent sexual problem
Around half (51%) of women and four out of ten (42%) men report having had a recent sexual problem, but only one in ten say they are worried or distressed about their sex…
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
Colourful tales of scurvy, drunkenness, shipwrecks and murder in the 18th and 19th centuries have been opened to the public as part of an extensive cataloguing project funded…
Grants awarded: People Awards
Project summaries of Wellcome grants awarded under the scheme ‘People Awards’. People Awards have been replaced by the Public Engagement Fund.