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Whoa.
And people say kinky humans are sadistic.
The courtship rituals of the spider Harpactea sadistica start innocently enough, with a dance and a hug. The male spider taps the female gently with his front legs and embraces her. But from that point onwards, things for the female go rapidly downhill. The male bites her and she becomes passive, allowing ( Read more... ) -
Science...
In a community I'm in, people have brought up the idea that science and "scientific facts" are actually not objective but filtered through a culture.
And I'm a little uneasy about that, and have been for a while.
On the one hand, scientists are human. What they take as important is going to depend in part, yes, on their culture. If they're doing ( Read more... ) -
Monogamy Genes
This is really interesting to me. I think it explains a lot, actually. I never liked the "some people are jealous" thing as an explanation. I don't doubt that I'm more "jealous" than some people I know who are honestly flabbergasted by exclusivity. But I never really thought it had to do with my being weird and controlling.
Well, okay, I'm dominant ( Read more... ) -
Data, Science, and Treachery
I wanted to link you all to a conversation going on in my comments over here. I felt it warranted its own post. It began with a discussion of the Penn & Teller Bullshit! episode on pornography, and the part of the show in which Gail Dines, exasperated, cried out "You keep badgering me for studies! There are NO GOOD STUDIES!!!" A commenter felt -- ( Read more... ) -
Fun with goo!
And now for something totally silly and lighthearted, inspired by this post at Bint's.
OOBLECK!
and it's useful too:
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