Darwinian

12.11.124:45 PM ET

Ask Jesse Bering Anything

Readers ask science journalist Jesse Bering about the evolutionary advantages to believing in God, the mysteries of female ejaculation—and why the penis is shaped like that.
Readers ask science journalist Jesse Bering about the evolutionary advantages to believing in God, the mysteries of female ejaculation—and why the penis is shaped like that.

A reader asks Jesse Bering: What evolutionary advantage did the belief in God give early humans?

Readers ask science journalist Jesse Bering about the evolutionary advantages to believing in God, the mysteries of female ejaculation—and why the penis is shaped like that.

A reader asks Jesse Bering: Is there an evolutionary advantage to being a gay man?

Readers ask science journalist Jesse Bering about the evolutionary advantages to believing in God, the mysteries of female ejaculation—and why the penis is shaped like that.

A reader asks Jesse Bering: Why is the penis shaped like that?

Readers ask science journalist Jesse Bering about the evolutionary advantages to believing in God, the mysteries of female ejaculation—and why the penis is shaped like that.

A reader asks Jesse Bering: To what extent do you feel homosexuality is nature or nurture?

Readers ask science journalist Jesse Bering about the evolutionary advantages to believing in God, the mysteries of female ejaculation—and why the penis is shaped like that.

A reader asks Jesse Berring: Why is the vagina shaped like that?

Readers ask science journalist Jesse Bering about the evolutionary advantages to believing in God, the mysteries of female ejaculation—and why the penis is shaped like that.

A reader asks Jesse Bering: Is there an evolutionary reason that the prostate gland is a source of sexual pleasure?

Readers ask science journalist Jesse Bering about the evolutionary advantages to believing in God, the mysteries of female ejaculation—and why the penis is shaped like that.

A reader asks Jesse Bering: What's the evolutionary advantage to female ejaculation?

Readers ask science journalist Jesse Bering about the evolutionary advantages to believing in God, the mysteries of female ejaculation—and why the penis is shaped like that.

A reader asks Jesse Bering: What role does foreskin play in your explanation for why the penis is shaped the way it is?

Readers ask science journalist Jesse Bering about the evolutionary advantages to believing in God, the mysteries of female ejaculation—and why the penis is shaped like that.

A reader asks Jesse Bering: Has writing about the science of sex affected your own sex life?

Readers ask science journalist Jesse Bering about the evolutionary advantages to believing in God, the mysteries of female ejaculation—and why the penis is shaped like that.

A reader asks author and sex writer Jesse Bering: What's the most controversial thing you've ever written?