Preliminary note: When I look at some of these papers, I start out amused. Then I gradually get more and more annoyed. Who the HECK let this one past any kind of preliminary review?! And how come THIS got published when my perfectly decent study that actually addresses a hypothesis that makes rational sense came […]
Today’s Friday Weird Science comes to you courtesy of Bug Girl, who never fails to send me all the completely crazy entomology stuff she comes across. And she sees…a lot. And insects have some truly amazing mating systems. Including this one. (Source) Yup, that’s a walking stick. And boy can those sticks go at it! […]
Sci has blogged before on why asparagus makes your pee smell. It turns out there are sulfurous compounds in asparagus that come out during digestion, making your pee smell significantly musty and weird for many hours after. Unless, of course, you can’t smell it at all. I have to admit, I thought EVERYONE could smell […]
You know, science requires a lot of courage. It takes courage on behalf of the scientists, trying new things, developing new techniques. And it takes courage on the part of the participants. It takes a really courageous person to give birth in an fMRI. To orgasm in an fMRI, to have SEX in an fMRI, […]
Today’s Friday Weird Science comes to you courtesy of the perspicacious Ivan Oransky, who was kind enough to send me this paper. And this paper is great. It’s proof that anything is worth measuring if you do it in an fMRI. Like peeing! Have you ever wondered what happens to your brain when you pee? […]
This story broke Wednesday, so I’m very late. But this is just such an awesome story that I can’t leave it alone. And not ALL of the puns and jokes have been used up yet!!! There’s still a bit left for me! So here it goes!! HEADLINE TURTLES CAUGHT HUMPING OTHER TURTLES. SCIENTISTS SHOCKED!!! “We […]
…or rather, getting them SLOOOOW. Two weeks ago I covered a study on cannabis coming for mouse sperm. But that’s mice, not humans, and most of it was in a dish. So what does it mean for PEOPLE? After all, mice don’t spend most of their time mating on weed, while humans…well we DO spend […]
I know I promised another post on cannabis this week, but, well, Sci is going to be honest with you. Somewhat apropos of this post , I have worked 12+ hours per day all week. I didn’t get a weekend cause I had to work then, too. I don’t need sympathy, cause I chose my […]
Today’s post is at the behest of Drugmonkey and Dirk, who turned me on to this paper. So for the hour I just spent reading about sperm preparations…thanks guys. Thanks a LOT. But it turns out, I actually have quite a little pile of these cannabis and sperm papers, so maybe I’ll do a little […]
…Or unless I did something else you make you disgusted.* We would all like to think that we’re very rational. That our judgements, particularly our moral judgements, arise from things that we’ve carefully considered, whether it be because you follow a holy text or consider the work of Hume or Mill to be the pinnacles […]