A new Dutch study on an old question — should men stand or sit when urinating? — just might weaken the revenue stream of pharma companies that offer treatments for male urinary ailments. The researchers suggest (that is their word) that altering a man’s stance when urinating can sometimes be effective at treating some prostate-related (and similar) problems. Sometimes as effective, even, as treating the […]
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A Stand-up Effect on Dogs of Listening to Graphene Earphones
An innovative use of graphene, and of a dog: “Graphene Earphones: An Entertainment for Both Humans and Animals,” He Tian , Cheng Li , Mohammad Ali Mohammad , Ya-Long Cui , Wen-Tian Mi , Yi Yang , Dan Xie , and Tian-Ling Ren, ACS Nano, epub April 26, 2014. (Thanks to investigator Wei Ting for bringing […]
Little Kids Don’t Sit Still For As Long as Adults Do, Generally
How long do little kids stand sitting still? This study is part of an ongoing effort to explore that question: “The Influence of Minimum Sitting Period of the ActivPAL™ on the Measurement of Breaks in Sitting in Young Children,” Zubaida Alghaeed, John J. Reilly [pictured here, in adulthood], Sebastien F.M. Chastin, Anne Martin, Gwyneth Davies, James […]
The Rise and Fall of Cows
A new study [by Bert J. Tolkamp, Marie J. Haskell, Fritha M. Langford, David J. Roberts and Colin A. Morgan] shows that the longer a cow has been lying down, the more likely it is to stand up, but the reverse is not true. Once up, you cannot predict how soon a cow will lie […]