In what ways, for what purposes, are people using frozen dog sperm? The answer, or parts of it, are revealed in this study: “Rising trends in the use of frozen dog sperm: a retrospective study in Belgium and the Netherlands,” Guillaume Domain, Maarten Kappen, Amber Van Mil, Ilse De Beijer, Matthieu Van Puyvelde, Robby Van […]
The far end of the tail of a human sperm has been studied scientifically a bit less than the other parts of the sperm’s structure. A new study suggests that this little chunk is a fairly important part of the sperm’s swimming mechanism. “Doing more with less: The flagellar end piece enhances the propulsive effectiveness […]
“Sperm Bags Research—thinking and looking outside the bag” is one of the articles in the special Disgusting Research issue (volume 25, number 4) of the Annals of Improbable Research. Subscribe, if you dare, to the magazine!
Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Hanns Hatt (actually, Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Med. Habil. Hanns Hatt) of the Department of Cell Physiology at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, is in hot pursuit of understanding — understanding, especially, the many and varied roles played by olfaction. In a word: smell. Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Hatt’s home page lists a few of […]