The ethics of anti-love biotechnology — a topic little discussed in some circles — are chewed over in a special issue (volume 13, issue 11, 2013) of the American Journal of Bioethics. Among the articles there that you might love to read or not to read: The Difficult Case of Voluntariness as Autonomy in Anti-Love […]
Category: Improbable Sex
Research — about sex — that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.
A logical calculus of vomit stink, gay marriage, and political leaning
The logic and scope of this new study perhaps offer lessons for researchers in every field: “Disgust and the Politics of Sex: Exposure to a Disgusting Odorant Increases Politically Conservative Views on Sex and Decreases Support for Gay Marriage,” Thomas G. Adams, Patrick A. Stewart [pictured here], John C. Blanchar, PLoS ONE, 9(5), May 5, 2014, e95572. […]
Kisch of Prague, on kissing problems
Between 1897 and 1899, many medical journals (e.g. the Canadian Medical Review, shown here) carried this blurb, about a recent advance by Dr. Enoch Heinrich Kisch. Never before had anyone realized that the withdrawal method of birth control leads to female dissatisfaction… which leads to occasional heart palpitations… which lead to irregular heartbeat, constipation, vertigo, […]
A most emotionally colorful study (plus eye blinks & nude bodies)
This study appears to combine the brightest aspects of phrenology, Jungian psychology, painting-by-numbers, and numerous other disciplines: “Bodily maps of emotions,” Lauri Nummenmaa [pictured here], Enrico Glerean, Riitta Hari and Jari K. Hietanen, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 111 no. 2, January 14, 2014, pp. 646–651. The authors, at Aalto University, the […]