The historic video of the video of MRI sex has gone past the 2 million (2,000,000) views mark on YouTube. Dr. Pek van Andel produced the MRI sex video as a spinoff from his historic, ultimately prize-winning experiment. The experiment asked and answered the question: Is it possible to take MRI images of a couple’s sexual […]
Things that wash up on the beach
“Flotsam & Jetsam is a documentary”, say its makers, “based around the beachcombers of Texel, one of the largest Frisian islands north of Holland. Due to Texel’s geographical position, tidal system and strong winds, an estimated two tons of Flotsam & Jetsam washes up on its beach each day. The film follows the lives of the beachcombers (or […]
Bacteriology: ox ox ox ROO or a Sor Rub?
Investigator Michael Strack sends word about some words: For readers who consider biochemistry a dry discipline, the article “Rubredoxin: Oxygen Oxidoreductase Enhances Survival of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough under Microaerophilic Conditions” provides some contrary evidence, as authors Wildschut et al. provide notable diversity and combinations of memorable abbreviations. The action is condensed into the very first […]
Happy Dead-Jeremy-Bentham Day
Today is Dead Jeremy Bentham Day. The University College London [UCL] web site explains why such a day almost makes sense: At the end of the South Cloisters of the main building of UCL stands a wooden cabinet, which has been a source of curiosity and perplexity to visitors. The cabinet contains Bentham’s preserved skeleton, dressed […]