What makes the ocean salty?

January 2, 2012

Sense About Science, a British non-profit promoting scientific literacy, publishes an annual list of stupid things celebrities said about science. One highlight from the 2011 year in review: A bizarre quote from TV personality [Nicole "Snooki"] Polizzi, who declared recently: “I don’t really like the beach. I hate sharks, and the water’s all whale sperm. [...]

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Xmas Gift Idea from The Onion

November 29, 2011

This is no dumber than many real products with their own infomercials. New Robot Warns When Someone’s About To Walk In On You Masturbating

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Gonzo porn protest outside Saudi religious police HQ

November 28, 2011

I have no idea if this story is true, but this is my favorite headline of the year: Saudi religious police HQ targeted by sex maniacs. Three Saudi men parked their car close to the headquarters of the Gulf Kingdom’s feared religious police late night, got out and started having sex with a woman accompanying [...]

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Bad Sex in Fiction Award 2011 nominees

November 22, 2011

The Literary Review has announced the shortlist of nominees for its 2011 Bad Sex in Fiction Award. The Bad Sex in Fiction Award ostensibly aims “to draw attention to the crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel, and to discourage it”. Personally I’d like to see more [...]

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MRI video of female orgasm

November 15, 2011

At the Society for Neuroscience annual conference this week, researcher Barry Komisaruk presented a five-minute movie called “Brain Symphony”, compiled from fMRI scans of a woman experiencing orgasm. Scientific American provides this titillating plot synopsis: The opening sonata begins with activation of the genital sensory projection zone, the paracentral lobule, followed by a cueing of [...]

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Facebook vs FacebookOfSex legal battle nears conclusion

November 9, 2011

Lawyers for FriendFinder and Facebook are meeting this week to hash out a settlement in a trademark infringment lawsuit. Facebook got mad when FriendFinder Networks launched and heavily promoted the site FacebookOfSex.com, which Facebook lawyers called “a blatant attempt … to hijack Facebook’s fame for illicit financial gain” and a “calculated scheme to capitalize on [...]

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Chuck Palahniuk reveals the truth about internet porn

November 8, 2011

Chuck Palahniuk’s new novel, Damned, is a tour of Hell narrated by a recently-deceased thirteen-year-old girl. Spoiler alert! It’s Dante meets Judy Blume, with running palahniukian gags about The Breakfast Club, celebrity serial adopters and the nature of evil. Go read it already. Chapter XIV opens with this revelation about internet porn. As far as [...]

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DSK porn parody: real or hoax?

November 4, 2011

You may have seen this story already: a French porn studio is making a XXX flick about Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the politician accused of raping a hotel maid, to be called DXK. The most common first response was OUTRAGE! or at least OMG WTF? My first response was, that’s gotta be a hoax. For starters, this [...]

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Bombshell tonight

September 28, 2011

Here’s a headline I never thought I’d see: Nancy Grace Wardrobe Malfunction. Never wanted to see that headline either. I love boobs as much as the next guy, but there are limits. Grace says, “I am in full nip denial. Breast petals and an industrial strength bra … plus a sewn-in corset. The fabulous DWTS [...]

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Eel swims up penis at Chinese spa

September 20, 2011

I love a good spa treatment as much as the next metrosexual, but I’ll be staying away from the anguilline exfoliation. Zhang Nan, of Honghu, Hubei Province, recounted: “I climbed into the bath and I could feel the eels nibbling my body. But then suddenly I felt a severe pain and realised a small eel [...]

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