Have you ever wondered just HOW much you fart per day? Like...would it fill a soda can? A soda bottle? And would you be willing to stick a tight fitting tube up your rectum and wear it around all day to find out?...
...and the squeaky rat pup gets all the attention! Sci is at Neurotic Physiology today talking about rat pup squeaking, and what it means for mom's attention.
Aging happens. As you get older, your body slows down, eventually your brain slows down, too. Some things go gradually, and some go suddenly.To many people, this might seem like a pretty random process...
Sci is at Neurotic Physiology today for Friday Weird Science, talking about boobs. And bras. Do bras really help prevent sagging? Or is braless better?
It's a big day around the Scicurious Environs. Sci is at Slate today talking about WEIRD psychology studies. The ones that are Western, Education, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic Societies...and those mostly made of up college students...
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“Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered “Listen,” a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a while since and that there were gay, exciting things hovering in the next hour.” -The Great Gatsby, F...
...if you're like 15% of the adult population (that was in 1972, and I now hypothesize that it's more than that due to the prevalence of high fiber diets), then yes, it does (and don't lie, you've looked)...
Please welcome this month's Scicurious Guest Writer, Abid Javed! Not only did he write his post, he also drew some of his own art! Machines can be large and complex.
Sci is at Neurotic Physiology today talking about Neurodome, a proposed project to being neuroscience to a planetarium near you! Hear over and check it out, and spread the word to get their Kickstarter funded!...
Say you are out on a camping trip with some friends. You're in the woods, the tents are up, the beer is out, the sun is down, the campfire is starting up.
You've heard of singing telegrams, but have you heard of fecal odorgrams?? This is what you do when you REALLY want someone to know what you had for breakfast.
Sci is at Neurotic Physiology today, where I'm talking about snacking. Late night snacking. The kind we do when we're...really sleep deprived. There's a recent study looking at how sleep deprivation changes food intake and weight gain...
"for here comes the trout that must be caught with tickling"-Twelfth Night Generally, I don't think of being tickled as a particularly pleasurable or calming activity.
Sci is at Neurotic Physiology today, for Friday Weird Science! And today's is a breeze! A breeze to the...nether regions. Why? Because today's paper argues that real men should wear KILTS...
Sci has a piece up at the Guardian today, talking about a recent flurry of news reports on beer and dopamine. Everyone, get read for MAJOR NEWS. Did you KNOW, that the TASTE of beer increases DOPAMINE!?!?!?Here's a hint...
The news yesterday of the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon shook me to the core. For most of us distance runners, the goal of running Boston is one that gleams in front of us forever: it will probably never happen, but oh, to imagine if it could...
Sci is at Neurotic Physiology today, taking a close look at the penis study that got so much attention earlier this week. Does size matter?! Well, yes.
Sci is at Neurotic Physiology today, looking at salt. At low doses, salt is tasty! We all need it, and most of us enjoy it. But at high doses, salt gets disgusting.
In his State of the Union this year, President Obama referred to increasing support for science and technology, and mentioned the “Brain Activity Map”.
