9 Things That Might Be Wrong With You

[Headline, Huffington Post] 1. You might have a heart attack in the next five minutes. Are you driving down the freeway while reading this? Move over to the slow lane. 2. Are you reading this while having sex? That’s weird. But anyway, having sex at your age and in your shape is just ignorant. You [...]

Scientists Want To Know: Are Men More Attracted to Women With Redder Genitalia?

Pretty in Pink What does the color of our genitals have to do with evolution? Scientists Want To Know. [Headline and subheads, Slate] 10 facts based on my team’s experiments and studies: 1. When the male member is bright red, in all or in part, the female is not attracted to it. Other unpopular colors: [...]

Severed Snake Head Bites Man

[Headline, Huffington Post] Before you ask, the answer is no. A severed human head has never bit a snake. Why? Because snakes aren’t stupid. A severed octopus tentacle has strangled a man. A crab claw has pinched a guy. A snake has bit a severed human head. No doubt you’ve seen the movie where a [...]

Woman spots mold on new tampon

[Headline, Huffington Post] If an ice shelf the size of Texas breaks off the continent in Antarctica and floats away to melt in the sea, it will not directly affect my day, at least until the sea level rises high enough to flood my neighborhood. That sort of global-warming consequence doesn’t trouble me. If all the [...]

Can Men Hear When You Have Your Period?

[Headline, Huffington Post, 1/27/12] I broke down and called Arianna Huffington on this one. I know that she sold her periodical to some company or other, but she is still the managing news manager. She keeps her ear to the ground. I asked her what she had heard about this, period. What would  her mother [...]

7 Weird Things That Happen During Sleep, Explained

[Headline, Huffington Post, 01/12/12] 1. You have had no intimate relations in your life, but yet you wake up from a vivid dream in which you were “doing it.” How is this possible? Are you sure that you are absolutely pure? Has this been confirmed by a doctor’s examination? What about that time you did [...]

Doctors Shocked As Ultrasound Reveals Face In Testicular Tumour

Headline that appeared in the Huffington Post a week ago. This is a family blog, but I think we can have a responsible discussion about the lowly testicle here. I knew a young woman in graduate school who thought a cat’s testicles were his kidneys. Education is important, even on this page. Therefore, my top five memorable sets [...]