Feds spent $432,000 to study whether gay hookup apps increase risky sexual behavior

Do smartphone apps facilitating easy meetups for casual sex with near-strangers increase risky sexual behavior? For most people, the answer might be "probably." For the federal government, though, the answer is, "Let's spend nearly half a million dollars to find out." An NIH grant of $432,000 awarded to Columbia University funded a study to this effect last year. Researchers interviewed gay men who use hookup apps like Grindr, which use geolocating to help users find potential sexual partners ne...