http://tomroud.blogspot.com/2007/08/le-cerveau-t-il-un-sexe.html
(has links to rat "scientific" p0rn)
Tom Roud blog is part of Café des sciences where a few PhD write accessible stuff about various sciences.
As for time, I replaced newspaper/book/CD/movie by blogs and web.
And about "old" sex maniacs:
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20070820/tod-emirats-paternite-cb1d00a_1.html
:)