Double your pleasures?

A new study based on Centers for Disease Control data finds that people who smoke marijuana report having sex about 20 percent more frequently than those who don't. Previous studies have shown the drug can boost arousal, but it may also just be about relaxing. "It gets people to appreciate the moment more," says one psychologist.

Courtesy of the Massachusetts Golf Association She beat all the boys, but wasn’t treated as the winner Emily Nash didn’t just win the boys’ high school golf tourney for her region of Massachusetts — her score of 75 beat the field by four strokes. State rules say girls can participate in the qualifying tourney if their school doesn’t have a girls’ team — but they can’t win it, or play in the state tournament. "I feel like it's a bit unfair," Nash said — and a lot of people agreed. That included a law professor, a PGA writer, and the boy who was given the trophy instead of her. Tesla A bright spot for a still-darkened U.S. territory Efforts toward the monumental task of re-electrifying Puerto Rico stirred up a lot of controversy this week, but saw success on a smaller scale. By slathering a children’s hospital’s parking lot with solar panels, Tesla was able to power the facility back up. The cost, for now, is zero. That’s huge on an island that, five weeks after Hurricane Maria, has just 25 percent power service. Katarina Sundelin/PhotoAlto/Getty Images Sex and sativa: Data suggests cannabis users get frisky more often The research, leveraging 50,000 surveys the Centers For Disease Control conducted between 2002 and 2015, found that marijuana users get 20 percent more nookie. “Over the course of a year, they're having sex maybe 20 more times," said the senior author of the study. But it’s not certain if that’s an effect of the drug, or the personality types that use it. Mark Wilson/Getty Images Republicans say their tax plan will save the average American family $4,000, but don't go spending it just yet The figure put forth by the White House this week isn't directly based on policy, but on the belief that massive corporate tax cuts will trickle down to cubicle farms and factory floors. But as the people of Kansas could tell you, that economic theory is far from ironclad. And the administration's estimate is "conditioned on everything else going so smoothly," says an economist at a conservative think tank. AFP/Getty Images Mama, 59, seemed content to give up food and water and quietly die. But an old friend gave the chimp a buoyant burst of joy The matriarch of the Dutch zoo's colony hadn't seen Jan van Hooff, the biologist who founded it, in years, but recognized him instantly. The video, says anthropologist Barbara J. King, is rock-solid evidence of an emotion the world of science for too long was reluctant to assign to animals: love. Mama, a vibrant figure in primate behavior research, died a week after van Hooff's encounter with her.. You received this message because you're subscribed to our Best of NPR emails. |  Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy | NPR 1111 N. CAPITOL ST. NE WASHINGTON DC 20002