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Heated car seats 'frying sperm': study
2pointsHeated car seats bring relief in cold winter weather but new research suggests this luxury extra might be damaging men's chances of conceiving children.
Face transplants 'will become common'
1pointsFACE transplants could soon become as common as liver or kidney tranplants, doctors responsible for the reconstruction of a man's face say. The pictures area amazing.
Burning Man: Life becomes Art becomes Life
1pointsWhenever I hear about the Burning Man festival, I am always reminded of the otherworldly marketplaces of Neil Gaiman. This travel piece is no exception, and made me put Black Rock City on my temporally-transient-places-to-go list.
Gene affects fertility, sexual orientation
1pointsItalian researchers report an unidentified genetic factor that causes its female carriers to be more sexually attracted to men, and so have more children, also influences same-sex attraction in their male relatives.
Hallucinogens trialled to aid terminally ill
1pointsPsychoactive drugs including LSD and psilocybin are being clinically tested as treatments for a range of conditions including post-traumatic stress disorder, and as palliative psychotherapy for the terminally ill.
The dying art of coping with the realities of life
1pointsA thought provoking op-ed. "Acknowledgment of the inevitability of death, and preparation for it, have largely lost their place in our culture... it is difficult to engage a public which has little exposure to such a fundamental process."
Hefty can still be healthy
1pointsYou can look great in a swimsuit and still be a heart attack waiting to happen. And you can also be overweight and otherwise healthy.
Research proves beer goggles work
1points
A few stiff drinks really does make other people appear more attractive, according to researchers who say the alcohol makes us think about sex.
New screensaver tests for synaesthesia
1pointsI can kill you with my brain*. Sorry, wrong superpower. Synaesthesia is when the brain crosses sensory information with sensations of another kind, like hearing colours, or smelling numbers. Now you can take the test. (*May be a lie)
Brothel clients need a lift
1pointsOur Bayside Council is not so worried about the problems of age as this local Bayside Leader frontpage story attests: Stairway to heaven - Brothel move to help elderly clients rejected
Geek's marriage proposal on Google Street View
1pointsA LOVESTRUCK geek has asked his girlfriend to marry him - again - and the whole world can witness the proposal using Google Street View.
Eat Roo, Save the Planet
1pointsWhat's that Skip? You're better suited to our environment, degrade the land less, require less maintenance to farm and produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions than sheep or cattle? And you're damn tasty?...
Psychiatry via iPod?
1pointsIn what appears to be a classic case of correlation implying causation, medics are being encouraged to use their teenage patients' music preferences as diagnostic indicators for mental illness. Strangely, country music doesn't get a mention.
TV overrides brain, makes kids fat, study suggests
1pointsWatching TV at mealtime can make children overeat, as the distraction overrides signals that normally make a person feel full, Canadian research has found.
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