1) There is something happening. News at noon! High noon. Be prepared!! Duh nuh… 2) PZ Myers put up a video on the cocksure female hyena. I love the dramatic music and the flashing of clouds across the sky. *deep, British, threatening voice* “Some females want to beat males at their own game…and they take […]
Extra points to you all who will read the menstrual cycle post on your iPad. Welcome to part two of Female Reproduction, the hormones and menstrual cycle. Part one covered the basic anatomy, and today we’re doing…the menstrual cycle. Here is the picture you’re going to need: It’s a lot, Sci will admit. But the […]
We hereby take a break from the female reproductive cycle to ask: How’s your sex life? How do you FEEL about your sex life? More importantly, how does your SEX THERAPIST feel about your sex life? Corty EW, Guardiani JM. “Canadian and American sex therapists’ perceptions of normal and abnormal ejaculatory latencies: how long should […]
Sci was handed a paper a few days ago, on the concept of evolutionary psychology (or physiology, possibly) and mate choice due to things like birth control. She thought she’d blog it. And then she realized that, to blog it successfully, she was going to have to do some MAJOR background. And then she had […]
There are three points that are Important in this post: 1) Today is the Best Day of the Year. Not yesterday. Yesterday was just Valentine’s Day. TODAY is the day that all the Valentine’s Day chocolate goes on sale. I hope that you are all celebrating appropriately. I assure you Sci is doing her best. […]
…can Sci use “butt” in her post title? I guess we’re going to find out! Courtesy of NCBI ROFL, who gave me the idea to Pubmed this thing. Ozkaya, E. “An unusual case of mercurial baboon syndrome: lasting seasonal attacks in a retired metalworker”. Contact Dermatitis, 2008. So what, you may ask, is baboon syndrome? […]
Ok, Sci normally doesn’t post twice in a day, but this came across her Twitter and she thought it was SO CUTE (If you don’t know that Sci is on twitter…well…@scicurious, of course. You can also bug the Evil Monkey, @neurotopia). Sci LOVES Beaker, and feels bad that stuff always happens to him. He’s the […]
Every so often this cocaine vaccine issue rears its head again. I saw it again just the other day. The problem is, of course, the tendency of the media (ain’t it always the media) to say something like “OMG THIS IS TEH CURE FOR EVERYTHING!” in response to one small study. And who knows, the […]
Since Sci wrote so recently about the preservation of somatic cells and gametes for species regulation, she thought it might be a good idea to run through some basic concepts. REALLY basic. Like the stuff you had in high school and forgot. That kind of basic. She was also inspired in this post by reading […]
As I’m sure most of you are aware, the human species isn’t really in immediate danger from dying out due to lack of mating partners (other reasons, I leave up to you). And after all, if all else fails, a trip to a sperm bank can often be arranged. But what about those rare animals […]