So basically, the people working on this paper took some detailed electron micrograph pictures of female water strider genitalia, and then they watched a whole bunch of water striders getting it on.
So basically, the people working on this paper took some detailed electron micrograph pictures of female water strider genitalia, and then they watched a whole bunch of water striders getting it on.
The Silence is the Enemy Campaign continues! Please take a look around the blogs that are participating, there’s some GREAT stuff going on. For a full list, check out the Intersection. And a good number (including this one) are donating their clicks to Doctors Without Borders in honor of Silence is the Enemy. As far […]
The important part of this paper isn’t the figures. It’s the audio files. I’ll be including them in the links, and I definitely recommend a listen
If you want me to stop, I completely respect your opinion. If you want me to stop, find me something else.
Sci is exhausted and hasn’t had more than her first cup of coffee this morning. She will try to get back to neurotransmitter stuff this afternoon. But there are some things you should check out! 1) Scientia Pro Publica is up, and there’s some good stuff in it, including coverage of sex week! 2) Drugmonkey […]
I suppose I thought for a while that if I was talking about dopamine and serotonin and GABA and things enough, people would just kind of “get” neurotransmission. And most people do. But it’s still a good thing to cover, partially because it’s kind of mind boggling to think about (well, Sci finds it mind-boggling), […]
Sci has not had time to get heavy with the science. This is because she took the weekend off to hang in Philly. And it means I got to see the Mutter Museum of Medical Oddities!!! Apparently, in the olden days, they used to give gentlemen a drink of sherry before the viewed the exhibits, […]
Gafenberg not only describes female ejactulation, he goes into a detailed decription of the female genetalia, and what exactly happens to them during arousal and orgasm.
I don’t know why, but Sci has always really liked this song: Sci dances just like that hippo. The resemblance is uncanny. You should move it move it. You should move it move it to these links. And you should click on them! Because for every click you do, money goes this month to Doctors […]
This guy is awesome. In fact, this guy makes me wish that awesome was a verb, so that I could say that “he awesomed around like there was no tomorrow.” Pop Sci reports that Carlos Owens of Wasilla, Alaska built his own 18 foot tall robotic exoskeleton in his backyard because…you know…he can. He acknowledges […]