Scientists barked like dogs at toads to make them pee in order to save the species from extinction, according to an Associated Press report by Dánica Coto: 1st in vitro Puerto Rico crested toad gives scientists hope …Extracting semen from toads that measure up to 4.5 inches (11 centimeters) long is normally easy: they release […]
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Effect of Dogs’ Seeing on Owners’ Peeing
Does looking at the amount of oxytocin in dog owners’ pee as those owners respond to their dogs’ gaze affect the amount of oxytocin in the pee of the researchers looking at the owners responding to the dogs’ looking at them? That lengthy question is not addressed in this study: “Dog’s gaze at its owner […]
The universality of “Boys Will Be Boys”
We have a column called “Boys Will Be Boys — Research by and for adolescent males of all ages and sexes“, that runs in every issue of our magazine, the Annals of Improbable Research. Occasionally, someone complains that the column appeals only to males, males who are especially juvenile. But our experience with readers says […]
The prime minister’s (purported) pee principle
The British prime minister could benefit from studying the research that led to this year’s Ig Nobel Prize in medicine, suggests Leo Hickman, writing in The Guardian: Does David Cameron’s ‘full-bladder technique’ work? The prime minister conducted his EU negotiations while intentionally ‘desperate for a pee’, to achieve maximum focus. What do the experts think? […]
Headline of the Day: Full bladder & decisions
Today’s Headline of the Day is from a press release issued by the American Full Bladder, Better Decisions? Controlling Your Bladder Decreases Impulsive Choices The press release goes on to say: What should you do when you really, REALLY have to “go”? Make important life decisions, maybe. Controlling your bladder makes you better at controlling […]