Friday Weird Sex Blogging - Corkscrewing
You really think I am going to put this above the fold? No way - you have to click (First posted on July 7, 2006):...Posted on May 5, 2008 8:57 AM • 2 Comments •
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Friday Weird Sex Blogging:
The Dangers of Blogging, or, the Quest for Male Contraception
"Why isn't there a birth control pill for men?" is the latest "Ask A ScienceBlogger" question. I am sure my SciBlings will rise to the occasion and explain both the biological and social barriers to the development, production and marketing...Posted on January 10, 2008 9:55 AM • 4 Comments •
Run for Cover - a Four-Headed Penis!
If it was Friday and if I still had the time, energy and inspiration for Friday Weird Sex Blogging, I would definitely write something snarky about this latest study - of a four-headed penis of the Echidna. But the topic...Posted on October 30, 2007 11:11 AM • 2 Comments •
Friday Weird Sex Blogging!?
On some Fridays, I write about strange reproductive strategies and mating habits of various organisms, sometimes in excrutiating detail, though I have not done it very regularly lately (see the Friday Weird Sex Blogging archives). But some people just collect...Posted on June 8, 2007 12:35 PM • 1 Comments •
Monday Weird Sex Blogging....
...because weird sex does not only happen on Fridays.... Remember this? Many have asked themselves (I did) where does it go, i.e., what kind of female genital tract can accomodate such a large penis. But one person actually did not...Posted on May 1, 2007 8:51 AM • 0 Comments •
Friday Weird Sex Blogging - a cop-out again, and 15 minutes late...
I was in the middle of writing a serious review of a paper meant for Friday Weird Sex Blogging, when reading this paralized me (hopefully only transiently and I will finish it by next week). So, when in trouble, I...Posted on February 3, 2007 12:15 AM • 0 Comments •
I Dream Of Jeannie
Comparative analysis of sexual dreams of male and female students (PDF) The subject of research is analysis of connection between sexuality as instinctive function and dreams with sexual content as cognitive function. The sample consisted of 656 students, 245 males...Posted on January 26, 2007 10:07 AM • 1 Comments •
Sleep Number Bed?
Adjust your sleep number for the best performance! Or, what does your sleep number say about your performance?...Posted on January 22, 2007 9:53 AM • 1 Comments •
Friday Weird Sex Blogging - Sensory Neuroscience
In a time-crunch like this, one can always count on Buzz Skyline to save the day........Posted on January 12, 2007 10:41 PM • 0 Comments •
Friday Weird Sex Blogging - more on fluid mechanics and Viagra
I've been lazy over the holidays with my blogging, so I'll defer, once again, to Physics Of Sex blog: Part 2 of Pumped Up and Ready for Love: Sex and Fluid Physics And once the flow gets going, you may...Posted on December 29, 2006 5:12 PM • 0 Comments •
Friday Weird Sex Blogging
Teaching circulatory physiology is pretty much the same as teaching fluid physics. It can get a bit tough and boring. But, if it is taught like this, I bet ther would be no students sleeping in the back row and...Posted on December 16, 2006 1:20 AM • 0 Comments •
Physics of Oscillations and the Choice of the Just-Right Bed Mattress
This does not have much to do with circadian oscillations, or even the daily rhythms of human mating, but a much faster rhythm of human mating - you know what I'm talking about... The fascinating new blog, The Physics of...Posted on December 8, 2006 10:25 AM • 1 Comments •
Looking for a present for a budding entomologist?
I mean, er, an entomologist with a keen interest in insect sex? If so, you can buy this cool poster (pdf). More info on the poster is here. Shopping info is here....Posted on December 8, 2006 10:02 AM • 0 Comments •
Friday Weird Sex Blogging
As seen on Facebook (I could not find the originals anywhere online - if you do, please let me know so I can attribute it correctly):...Posted on November 25, 2006 8:01 PM • 1 Comments •
"Boy, this is going to be hard..."
...and it will stay hard for another 4 hours. [That is Friday Weird Sex Blogging for this week....]...Posted on September 16, 2006 12:45 AM • 0 Comments •
Friday Weird Sex Blogging - Ladybugs
Since I already posted, earlier in the week, the weirdest and most disgusting animal sex post ever, instead of writing a new one, I'll just send you to see some cute ladybug sex (scroll down to the middle of the...Posted on September 9, 2006 12:42 AM • 3 Comments •
Friday Weird Sex Blogging - Cooling The Balls
It takes balls to write about balls.Posted on September 2, 2006 1:37 AM • 5 Comments •
Friday Weird Sex Blogging - I've Been Defeated
I had several ideas for today's edition that I thought were really great, until I saw this. There is nothing I can write today that can get any better. I know when I am outcompeted and I bow to His...Posted on August 19, 2006 12:36 AM • 0 Comments •
Friday Weird Sex Blogging - The Giant Stinkin' Phallus!
Well, this Friday Weird Sex Blogging is not going to be so unique. After all, Janet and Zuzu have already blogged about it, but who can resist a phallic-looking, rotten-meat smelling, fly-attracting flower! And it is not a B-grade movie...Posted on August 12, 2006 12:41 AM • 6 Comments •
Postscript to Pittendrigh's Pet Project - Phototaxis, Photoperiodism and Precise Projectile Parabolas of Pilobolus on Pasture Poop
Friday Weird Sex Blogging: A cute example of a wonderfully evolved reproductive strategy, and not just a way to couple together my two passions - clocks and sex.Posted on August 5, 2006 12:02 AM • 7 Comments •
Friday Weird Sex Blogging - Losing Your Head For Love
As always, animal porn is under the fold:...Posted on July 28, 2006 3:09 PM • 4 Comments •
Friday Weird Sex Blogging - Deepest Lovin'
According to the referrers pages of my Sitemeter, a lot of you are excited by strange penises, strange penises, strange penises and strange penises (or something like it). So, today we have to move to a different topic, traffic-be-damned, for...Posted on July 21, 2006 9:47 PM • 3 Comments •
Friday Weird Sex Blogging - The Birds Do It....
Last week you saw an example of a corkscrew penis. But that is not the only one of the kind.Posted on July 14, 2006 9:25 AM • 8 Comments •
Friday Weird Sex Blogging - Corkscrewing
You really think I am going to put this above the fold? No way - you have to click:...Posted on July 7, 2006 9:59 AM • 1 Comments •
Friday Weird Sex Blogging - Penis Fencing
Some flatworms, for instance these pretty Pseudobiceros hancockanus, engage in penis fencing. Both individuals are hermaphrodites, i.e., have both male and female organs. The penis is white, pointed and two-headed. Both individuals are trying to inseminate the other. The one...Posted on June 30, 2006 9:59 AM • 3 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
Friday Weird Sex Blogging
There is a tradition in the blogosphere of posting something light on Fridays. Some people do the Friday Random Ten, but I do not have an iPod, and keep my computer on Mute, so I do not listen to music...Posted on June 23, 2006 7:59 AM • 6 Comments •
