Heated car seats 'frying sperm': study

3points
Posted 13 hours, 25 minutes ago by Bronwen

Heated 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'

1points
Posted 6 days, 17 hours ago by Bronwen

FACE 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

1points
Posted 8 days, 3 hours ago by Leroy

Whenever 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

1points
Posted 12 days, 9 hours ago by Leroy

Italian 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

1points
Posted 13 days, 20 hours ago by Leroy

Psychoactive 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

1points
Posted 14 days, 9 hours ago by Leroy

A 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

1points
Posted 14 days, 19 hours ago by durx

You 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
Posted 14 days, 21 hours ago by durx

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

1points
Posted 15 days, 13 hours ago by Leroy

I 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)

Your new 'local' bookstore

1points
Posted 18 days, 13 hours ago by durx

Your new local bookstore is sooooo far away

Brothel clients need a lift

1points
Posted 19 days, 18 hours ago by Kevin Rennie

Our 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

1points
Posted 20 days, 19 hours ago by Bronwen

A 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

1points
Posted 21 days ago by Leroy

What'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?

1points
Posted 24 days, 1 hour ago by Leroy

In 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.

Brisbane Bar Guide

1points
Posted 29 days, 20 hours ago by simontsmall

Brisbane Bar Guide was setup to make it easy for you to find out what's going on around town. Currently providing contact details of Brisbane bars, future plans include allowing you to review bars, upload and share photographs from your nights out.

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