Kayt Sukel

Kayt Sukel

RSS Feed
GET UPDATES FROM Kayt Sukel
Kayt Sukel's writing credits include personal essays in the Washington Post, American Baby, the Bark, USAToday, Literary Mama and the Christian Science Monitor as well as articles on a variety of subjects for the Atlantic Monthly, the AARP Bulletin, Continental In-flight Magazine, Healthcare Informatics, Parenting, Cerebrum, Islands, National Geographic Traveler, BrainWork and American Baby magazines. She also blogs regularly about traveling on the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award winning travel blog, Travel Savvy Mom; her favorite restaurants at UpTake.com; and science, love and life at the Houston Chronicle's Hearts and Minds blog.

Kayt is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), the Author's Guild and the National Association of Science Writers (NASW). She is the author of DIRTY MINDS: HOW OUR BRAINS INFLUENCE LOVE, SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS, an exploration of the neurobiology of love (Free Press, January 2012). You can often find her oversharing on Twitter as @kaytsukel.

Blog Entries by Kayt Sukel

50 Shades Of Grey (Matter): How Science Is Defying BDSM Stereotypes

(57) Comments | Posted May 30, 2012 | 9:14 AM

It seems that no one is immune to E L James' controversial novel, 50 Shades of Grey. Television shows, magazines, popular blogs, even side conversations outside the school pick-up line are filled with talk about how hot it is -- and how it may be solely responsible for...

Read Post

Dirty Minds: 5 Sex Myths Bashed By Brain Science

(284) Comments | Posted January 19, 2012 | 7:19 AM

We've heard it time and time again: there are "rules" when it comes to love. You have to act this way (never that way) to attract love. You have to represent your gender-specific planet if you want to nurture and keep it. And you can--no, you must--change up some of...

Read Post

Orgasm Research: Climax in an MRI Machine? Been There, Done That

(1157) Comments | Posted January 9, 2012 | 12:26 AM

If you ever want to make even the most cosmopolitan of your friends speechless, telling them you have volunteered to travel to Newark, New Jersey, so you can masturbate to orgasm in an fMRI is a great way to start. Once they overcome the shock, chances are they...

Read Post