Marriage for Asexuals

July 24th, 2006

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Called “Marriage for Asexuals” (www.wx920.com), the site claims to be the first and biggest online marriage broker for “asexual” people in China. 7,000 members have signed up since its opening last year.

We suspect these 7000 include sissies, …

Castrato Farinelli's body to be studied

July 13th, 2006

What were the anatomical effects of castration carried out on young boys to turn them into high-pitched stars of the opera? This is what scientists and historians at Bologna University hope to discover by studying the body of the legendary …

To eat or not to eat?

July 12th, 2006

There are good bacteria and bad bacteria. Good bacteria help digest and process food, in the broad sense. Where do these good bacteria come from? The Economist (June 3 2006) reports that “Babies acquire their gut flora as they pass …

Bilabial: The next wave?

July 6th, 2006

bilabial (by-LAY-bee-uhl) adjective
Using both lips.
noun
A bilabial sound or consonant, for example p, b, m, where both lips
touch each other, and w in which lips are rounded.
[Latin bi- (two) + labial, from labium (lip), ultimately from …