Some men take your breath away, literally.Seminal plasma hypersensitivity is a condition where "The body recognizes the sperm as a foreign protein, like it would recognize a peanut allergen or a pollen so you have swelling, you have itching, you have inflammation of the nerve endings," explains Dr. Andrew Goldstein, ... [Read More]
The next time you heat up that TV dinner, be careful not to fry your meatballs.
A study of 148 Chinese men found that microwave ovens and other common household appliances generate electromagnetic fields, which can double the odds of male infertility.
Dr. De-Kun Li advises men "to reduce their exposure to ... [Read More]
Women are getting shorter and fatter (and not just American women).
Contrary to popular opinion, humans are still evolving says Professor Stephen Stearns, an evolutionary biologist at Yale University. Stearns headed a 60-year study of more than 2,000 women and found that shorter, fatter women who reproduce younger and ... [Read More]
We may never see a full moon again. NASA plans to crash a rocket into the Moon's south pole. The rocket will hit the force of 2 metric tons of TNT and launch an estimated 350 tons of debris into space, some of which NASA hopes is water.
At a transportation cost of $10,000 per pound, water is a precious commodity in space. ... [Read More]
Chris Packham, host of BBC's Springwatch, has caused pandemonium among conservationists with his suggestion that we "pull the plug" on the panda.
He calls it a "T-shirt animal" that consumes more than just bamboo. "Unfortunately, it's big and cute and a symbol of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and we pour millions of ... [Read More]
You know Google is getting pervasive when it starts ranking plant & animal life.
Ecologist Dr. Stefano Allesina realized he could determine the keystones in coextinction, or the loss of one species upon the extinction of another, by reversing Google's algorithm.
"In PageRank, a web page is important if important ... [Read More]
No one can hear you in space but they sure can smell you!
The cramp quarters and lack of laundry facilities make for some otherworldly funk at the International Space Station.
Recently Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata test drove some high tech odor free underwear called J-wear. "I haven't talked about this underwear to my ... [Read More]
