We all know what this song is trying to tell us: And what about this one? Yes, shocking as it might be to some, a lot of songs, classical, pop, or of any other genre…talk a lot about sex. But not just sex, there are a lot of reproductive messages in music. We might notice […]
It’s time to talk about bears again, my friends. We have already learned that, contrary to popular belief, they cannot smell the menstruation (or rather, they probably can, but don’t care): But there is another, more difficult question to answer: are bears safe!??! At first you might be thinking “um, no, they are BEARS. Bears, […]
I don’t know about you, but sometimes, when I hear about all of the scary STDs there are in the world, and all the ways you can get them, I think, you know, I should switch to…FEET. Ah, beautiful feet. Gorgeous sexy feet. Nothing looks better or cleaner when faced with the specter of gonorrhea […]
While Sci recovers from the Experimental Biology meeting, I invite you to enjoy this storify, taken as Pascale and I enjoyed an American Physiological Association presentation on…taints. That’s right. ‘Taint balls, ‘Taint anus, it’s the area in between. And there are some new and interesting findings in the taint world, not to mention all the […]
Today’s post is a synchro-blogging effort! I’m teaming up with Dr. Zen to talk about the latest in the evolutionary psychology theory of everything. The idea that when we do something, it must be because that behavior has an evolutionary basis. Girls like pink because it makes sense to spot redder berries. Boys are better […]
…the more you eat the more you toot! Everyone knows that beans make you fart. It’s something that’s basically assumed to be a fact of life. Beans have high fiber, high fiber does things to your intestinal tract, and the net result is a chorus of flatulence and stink that makes you unfit company. I […]
Or, as Stephanie noted “Penguins shooting the s**t”. Today’s weird science comes to you courtesy of Anne Jefferson of Highly Allocthonous, who pointed Sci to this paper purely for the amazingness that is Figure 1. And it IS amazing. After all, what do you get when you combine penguins and poo? SCIENCE of course! Meyer-Rochow […]
It is a truth universally acknowledged that people dislike peeing next to each other. Ok, maybe it’s just a Western thing. Or an American thing. Or a thing for people with large senses of personal space. But no matter what, there is a little dance you do when you go into a multi-stall bathroom. You […]
With many of my Friday Weird Science posts, it starts with a random thought. I like to think that most people have thoughts like this and just don’t tell polite society, thoughts like “Do people all have a favorite bathroom stall at work or is it just me? Did dinosaurs have penises? What did they […]
As Friday was winding down, the awesome Michelle Banks (make sure to check out her brain art! I’ve got one in my office and get loads of compliments!) and I got to tweeting about my recent alligator penis post. And well…an EPIC PENIS POETRY SLAM was had! Michelle was kind enough to Storify the results. […]