A group of scientists claims to have isolated the "NRE" hormone.

Another group of scientists says that the G-spot doesn't exist, although they're basing this conclusion on whether a woman says she has one or not, which is obviously problematic. Using that method, the existence of the clitoris would also be in doubt in many cohorts.

Teens whose ( Read more... )

The Brattle is doing a screw-ball comedy festival the first week of January. Of particular interest to me: It Happened One Night, January 4, 7:15, and The Philadelphia Story, January 7, 8 pm ( Read more... )

Yesterday there was no interesting (to me) news, so of course, today there's lots.

Ancient Pompeii is now on Google Street View. Damn, how did they get permission to drive the truck around? (Note: the preceding sentence is a joke. I'm sure they made some special arrangement that didn't involve a truck.)

A gay sex scene in a newly-released video ( Read more... )

Fact: Russell T. Davies is leaving the helm of Doctor Who at the end of 2009 ( Read more... )

And now that I'm well enough again to read the news...

This one has been sitting in a browser tab for a bit, while I kept forgetting to post about it. From rezendi: There is some concern, to put it mildly, about the Internet-related provisions in the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement currently under secret negotiation.

From crunchywitch: Dollhouse ( Read more... )

Take the following hypothetical situation: A man meets a woman through her job. He decides he wants to work with her; she says no, vehemently. He happens to know her uber-boss, though, so he pulls strings and forces her to work closely with him for weeks. He routinely invades her personal space, comes on to her, and undermines her authority with ( Read more... )

Every so often a discussion happens somewhere on LJ about the dearth of fictional media with strong girls or women. I'd like to put a plug in for The Sarah Jane AdventuresThe leader of the troupe is, of course, Sarah Jane. Two of her three teenage assistants are boys, it's true, but the girl is just as -- or more -- daring, involved, and pivotal ( Read more... )

From desiringsubject: Scholastic has responded to pressure over the book Luv Ya Bunches and will be including it in their book fairs. They have also promised to be more even-handed with books that have LGBT characters in the future.

A fascinating look at the Waldseemuller map, the one that gave us "America" (maybe).

A new study shows that turmeric contains a ( Read more... )

For people who wanted the missing Series One episode of Hamish Macbeth, it's available in this torrent (not mine, just one I found).

Given that Robert Carlyle is getting some attention from a portion of my friends list now that he's in Stargate Universe, I thought it might be a good time to plug one of my favourite shows of all time: Hamish Macbeth (link leads to wikipedia article which contains minor spoilers ( Read more... )