by Captain Skellett | Apr 7, 2010 | Science at Home, Science Communication, Sex and Reproduction
The headline “Cola lowers sperm count, study shows” popped up on ninemsn recently. Usually I don’t pay much mind to ninemsn, but they had a grizzly story about a Russians who drowned a girl, then served her as meat with a side of potatoes to her...
by Captain Skellett | Mar 27, 2010 | Sex and Reproduction
Sitting up in their gumtrees, watching the world with little eyes set above the kind of nose you’d expect to find in a craft store. The koala’s fuzzy gray head is adorned with furry white ears, and the end result is a huge bundle of cute that makes you...
by Captain Skellett | Mar 14, 2010 | Sex and Reproduction, The Realm of Bizzare
While we’re on the topic of gender bending animals, this chicken is half-hen and half-rooster. Epic. Ed Yong wrote about it a couple of days ago, but apparently it was a very complex paper and I didn’t get his explanation. So without further ado, have some...
by Captain Skellett | Feb 5, 2010 | Just for Fun, Sex and Reproduction
A new brand of “scientific” dating has sprouted up. It draws on an idea wrote about in the Chemistry of Kissing – basically, you have more snap, crackle and pop with someone who has an immune system very different to your own. Through your genes...
by Captain Skellett | Jan 2, 2010 | How Things Work, Sex and Reproduction
Following on from yesterday’s post about the Tasmanian Devils, this is all about HPV – a highly infectious virus that can cause cancer (well, sort of. Read on.) The Human Papillomavirus is crazy infectious – around three out of four women will have...
by Captain Skellett | Dec 17, 2009 | Sex and Reproduction
I’ve been struggling with writing this. After doing a little research into it I found some pictures that just… when I get concerned about something I tend to obsessively check facebook and twitter, like I’m looking for someone to connect to and...
