Humans are infuriating creatures. We don’t ever just want to know how. Or when, or what. We want to know WHY. WHY is the sky blue. WHY do we search for the Higgs Boson. WHY is blood red. WHY do people perform cunnilingus. Deep questions, man. But for these deep questions, there is SCIENCE. And […]
Today’s post fodder comes to you from the former NCBI ROFL, now “Seriously, Science?” over at Discover Blogs. I swear, I do TONS of pubmed searches for farts, but somehow never found this one. In what position do you prefer to fart? Do you let them loose while lying down? Cut the cheese crouching? Squeak […]
…well have you ever ASKED it? Maybe it is more of a Picasso type of mouse. This seems like a completely absurd question. After all, art is thought to be one of the highest of the human endeavors, making things of beauty may be one of the things that makes us the species that we […]
And by bigger, I mean older. At least, in this case. Do you know what makes a good burying beetle dad? One that cares for its offspring and guards the carcass (because the hotspot for beetle romance is on something dead) from invaders? It’s not the beetle who’s momma raised him right, or the beetle […]
Ecologists have to know their s**t. Sure, you might think, people who study ecology have to learn a lot of stuff about the area, they need to learn lots of different kinds of information. And that’s all true. But what’s also true is that many ecologists really DO need to know their s**t. Literally. It’s […]
…or rather, it lived on sloth poop. But that doesn’t really rhyme. And really, when you’ve got sloths on moths, you need to rhyme. There once was a moth That lived on a sloth All snuggled in tight in its hair But it’s small fry eat crap So to avoid a food trap Moths have […]
Note: all the pictures within are ENTIRELY safe for work. Really! It is not for me to judge what people do for kicks. I mean, however many fully consenting adults are involved, hey, whatever. But there are some things that people do that just seem…ill-advised. And raise more questions than they answer. For example: HOW […]
It’s always fun to hear about the rumors that were going around back in the day. Like, now, I’m sure people hear all sorts of rumors about their friend who knows a guy who ran from the cops over the state line or something. But historically? Well, different times, different rumors. And apparently the one […]
Have you ever wondered how much you fart? Or rather, not how much you fart (presumably you notice most of the time and have a general idea), but instead, how you rate against other people. After all, we humans tend to be competitive little snots. And if we’re going to fart, we’re probably going to […]
I’m sure many of you saw the news going around a few weeks ago. Bras make breasts sag!! The French debate the bra! Etc etc. Of course, I immediately wanted to blog it! I mean, bras! Boobs! That’s Friday Weird Science material! And so I set out looking for the study. Until I realized…there was […]