Everyone thinks that men think about sex all the time, but it’s not true. They also think about sex.
No, seriously, a study by an Ohio State psychology professor claims they also think about food, sleep, fashionable shoes and other things. The conventional wisdom that men think about sex every seven seconds would mean they do it 8,000 times a day, but they only admitted doing so 18 times daily. Women said they thought about sex 10 times a day. Figuring 16 waking hours, that’s 54 minutes between naughty thoughts for men, 96 minutes for women.
Northwestern University researchers predict continued growth for more Americans. But this is not good news, since they’re not discussing economics, they’re talking about obesity.
In the USA of 2020, 83 percent of men and 72 percent of women will be overweight or obese. 77 percent of men and 53 percent of women will have dysglycemia (either diabetes or pre-diabetes).
Ever watch someone jumping rope really fast? you probably noticed that the top of the arc of moving rope bends away from the direction the rope is moving in. So did two scientists. After using high-speed video, a rope-skipping robot, and computer modeling of jump rope fluid dynamics, they have suggestions for building a better jump rope: lightweight, short and smooth, with a small diameter.
Guys: if you want to be a champion sumo wrestler, don’t look as your belly, look at your hands. According to a newly published study, the ratio between the length of your index finger and ring finger might indicate your chance of sumo success. A smaller ratio is believed to indicate greater in-utero testosterone exposure, and has been correlated with increased performance in competitive sports. Data about sumo pros seem to agree. A higher ratio? Well … fly-fishing is nice, too.
More:
“Friday Weird Science: Look Carefully at your hands…were you meant to be a Sumo Champion?” Scicurious, Neurotic Physiology
Image (“Mutsugamine Iwanosuke on the Cover of the Sports Illustrated Sumo Issue, after Utagawa Kuniyoshi”) by Mike Licht. Download a copy here. Creative Commons license; credit Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com
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The National Institutes of Health has released bold new ethics rules. All NIH grantees, recipients of tens of billions of dollars in public research funds, must reveal their financial ties to big medical and drug corporations to administrators of their institutions, who will then keep the information to themselves.
“The National Institutes of Health New Ethics Rules: A Swing and a Miss,” Paul Thacker and Ned Feder, Project On Government Oversight
The school will have an annual “Du Bee Award” for research in cancer treatment for pets, and cancer treatments discovered using the funds must include “Du Bee” in their names, according to terms of the bequest. Ms. Adler passed away two years ago at age 70, pre-deceased by Du Bee.
Editorial comment: $7.6 million is a lot of scratch.
Related: ”Dogs Can Smell Lung Cancer on Your Breath, Even If You’ve Just Had Lunch,” Science Daily via Veronique Greenwood, 80 Beats
13% of Americans fake cell phone calls to avoid awkward social situations, according to the Pew Research Center. The study — oh wait, here’s a call, gotta go …
“13% fake talking on cell to avoid speaking with people,” CBS News
