Feb 1 2018
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Less than two weeks from now, some of the world’s greatest athletes will descend upon South Korea for the Winter…
Dec 5 2016
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If you avoid trips to the beach because you don’t want your car getting filled with sand, or won’t buy a real…
Jun 14 2016
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“What if, just one time, I chose differently,” Charlie Sheen said, addressing 100 or so people standing in a…
May 16 2016
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It’s no secret that Olympic athletes like to get it on. Recognizing this, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) is…
Feb 10 2016
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Researchers at the University of Queensland have made a cool new discovery in the quest for better condoms. It turns…
Nov 20 2015
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Way back in September, our very own Esther Inglis-Arkell found a recipe for condoms from 1844. It was only two…
Sep 15 2015
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What could be more American than the can-do pioneer spirit? If you set your mind to it, you can do anything,…
Sep 3 2015
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Before we invented the tough, tearable plastic we use for condom wrappers, condoms came in tins of three. And as this 2006 post on Cardhouse shows, those tins were a canvas for some pretty amusing advertising. Like the Three Cadets “standing at attention”, or Dr. Robinson’s prescription pad (oh, these are just for my medical condition) Read more
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Jun 30 2015
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When the TeenTech Awards announced their 2015 winners last week, news outlets far and wide swooned over the concept…
Jun 2 2015
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Some of you who’ve been reading Throb might think I’m a bit condom-obsessed, but that’s not accurate. I’m actually…
May 7 2015
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Two decades after the “windsock” was nearly laughed off the market, a radical redesign has made the female condom…
Aug 13 2014
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Jul 22 2014
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Correctly used, condoms do a damn good job of preventing STDs (and pregnancy!). But nobody's gonna say no to an…
Jun 9 2014
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently awarded a grant to an Australian research team trying to build a…
May 28 2014
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There ain't nothing hotter right now than redesigning the necessary evil that is the modern condom. But while most…
May 2 2014
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In an apparent attempt to get people more interested in protected sex, Condomania Harajuku recently released a…
Mar 23 2014
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After the jump you’ll find a video, the first 33 seconds of which contain the best statement ever: The early…
Feb 20 2014
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It's been almost a year since Bill Gates put out his $100,000 call for better, high-tech condoms, and we haven't…
Nov 20 2013
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The broken condom is every couple's worst nightmare. Okay maybe not worst, but it is one of many legitimate concerns…
Apr 18 2013
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So obviously this was going to happen eventually, but that doesn't mean we're ready for it. Durex just announced…