Book Review: Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

Sci has very little shame when it comes to certain things. Book procurement is one of them, and when she found out that Mary Roach (the author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, and Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex) was coming out with another book, she had no hesitation in [...]

Friday Weird Science: The Human Penis Bone

Today’s post is some seriously OLD science. Old science and WEIRD science, coming to you courtesy of Mt. Sinai hospital in NYC, 1913. And it’s also the WEIRDEST conjunction of this: And this: That Sci has ever seen. Gerster AG, Mandlebaum FS. “XI. On the Formation of Bone in the Human Penis.” Annals of Surgery, [...]

Friday Weird Science: Fibransin and the “problem” of female sex drive

Sci was toddling around the internet recently (as is her wont), when she came across the work of Dr. Petra. If you’re in to learning about sex, sex education, and everything else from a scientific point of view, Sci highly recommends Dr. Petra. This is a blogger who tells it like it is. (Sci also [...]

Friday Weird Science: Snoring Problem? Have you considered a didgeridoo?

Thanks again to NCBI ROFL, who finds these hilarious things and posts their abstracts for all the world to see, and for Sci to giggle over and then run around trying to find hilarious pictures of didgeridoos. So, let’s talk about your snoring problem. And then let’s talk about your musical stylings on the didgeridoo. [...]

Friday Weird Science: Snoring Problem? Have you considered a didgeridoo?

Thanks again to NCBI ROFL, who finds these hilarious things and posts their abstracts for all the world to see, and for Sci to giggle over and then run around trying to find hilarious pictures of didgeridoos. So, let’s talk about your snoring problem. And then let’s talk about your musical stylings on the didgeridoo. [...]

Friday Weird Science: a tote for your scrote, a recepticle for your testicle.

Many thanks to NCBI ROFL for providing this excellent gem of a paper. I was actually going to do another one that I found via their site, but then I saw this one and I HAD TO HAVE IT. And so much additional thanks goes to Jason of the Thoughtful Animal and twitter bud hectocotyli, [...]

Friday Weird Science: FINALLY, a clitoris study!

Sci has constantly been annoyed that no one seems to have performed a real, thorough study on the sensitivity of the vagina. Or at least, it’s beyond her pubmed-fu. If someone has done it, please let me know! I’d really like to cover it and I’m very annoyed that I cannot seem to find it. [...]

Friday Weird Science: The Baby is Due, is it Time to Get It ON?!

Sci, like everyone else around here, isn’t immune to the sands of time. She’s getting older, along with all of her friends, who are pairing up and settling down. This means two things: 1) Sci has been a bridesmaid SIX TIMES and counting so far. The tales she could tell… 2) Sci friends are having [...]

Friday Weird Science: College Student Regrets

Sci happened to be Pubmedding the word “vomit”* today when she ran across this article. It’s one of those articles that is weird because it’s. So. Obvious. Mallett et al. “Do We Learn from Our Mistakes? An Examination of the Impact of Negative Alcohol-Related Consequences on College Students’ Drinking Patterns and Perceptions” J Stud Alcohol. [...]

Friday Weird Science: The Dirty Old Dildo

Can Sci use the word “Dildo” for the main feed of Scienceblogs? Oh well, guess we will find out! Sorry in advance, OverL0rdz! Anyway, if you were on the internets at ALL over the past few days, you will have seen three things: 1) A guy showed his coworker a paper on bat fellatio and [...]