The science of SEX! Natasha Mitchell and guests at World Science Festival Brisbane

Get bonkers on bonking with Natasha Mitchell and guests at the 2026 World Science Festival Brisbane. It’s a sexy, fun, and educational – what's not to love?! Sex historian Dr Esme Louise James is creator of the viral Kinky History TikTok series and does a Sextistics show with her mathematician mother. The complexity of the human clitoris can no longer be ignored by science, thanks to the world-changing work of urologist and surgeon Professor Helen O’Connell. And biologist Professor Robbie Wilson will help you channel your inner animal – masturbating monkeys, tiny testicled-gorillas, amorous antechinus and more. This event was hosted at the 2026 World Science Festival Brisbane/Meanjin. Speakers Dr Esme Louise James Historian, perfomer, author, Kinky History: A Rollicking Journey Through Our Sexual Past, Present, and Future (2024) Creator, the viral Kinky History TikTok series. Professor Helen O'Connell A.O Urologist and urological surgeon University of Melbourne Professor Robbie Wilson Biologist, head of The Performance Lab University of Queensland Thanks to World Science Festival Brisbane producer and maestros Dr Rob Bell, Jane O'Hara, Bec Redsell. Further reading Anatomy of the clitoris Helen E O'Connell, Kalavampara V Sanjeevan, John M Hutson Journal of Urology, Volume 174(4 Pt 1): October 2005, Pages1189-95 Anatomical Relationship Between Urethra And Clitoris Helen E. O'connell, John M. Hutson, Colin R. Anderson, Robert J. Plenter The Journal of Urology, Volume 159, Issue 6, June 1998, Pages 1892-1897 Magnetic resonance imaging of male and female genitals during coitus and female sexual arousal Willibrord Weijmar Schultz, Pek van Andel, Ida Sabelis, Eduard Mooyaart BMJ, 1999 The Anatomy of the Distal Vagina: Towards Unity Helen E. O'Connell , Norm Eizenberg, Marzia Rahman, Joan CleeveThe Journal of Sexual Medicine, Volume 5, Issue 8, August 2008, Pages 1883–1891 Magnetic resonance imaging of male and female genitals during coitus and female sexual arousal Willibrord Weijmar Schultz, Pek van Andel, Ida Sabelis, Eduard Mooyaart BMJ, 1999