Have you ever known a pair of identical twins? Not just the ones that look alike, but identical twins that really were part of, at some point, the same egg and sperm combination, that then split early in development to create two “identical” people, with the same genetics. If genetics really were the be all [...]

Have you ever wondered just HOW much you fart per day? Like…would it fill a soda can? A soda bottle? And would you be willing to stick a tight fitting tube up your rectum and wear it around all day to find out? If not, that’s ok! They already wrote a paper on it. Head [...]

…and the squeaky rat pup gets all the attention! Sci is at Neurotic Physiology today talking about rat pup squeaking, and what it means for mom’s attention. Head over and check it out.

Aging happens. As you get older, your body slows down, eventually your brain slows down, too. Some things go gradually, and some go suddenly. To many people, this might seem like a pretty random process. We used to think of aging this way, as just…well cells get old, which means we get old, too. DNA [...]

Sci is at Neurotic Physiology today for Friday Weird Science, talking about boobs. And bras. Do bras really help prevent sagging? Or is braless better? And what does it mean when the science saying so hasn’t been published yet? Head over and check it out.

It’s a big day around the Scicurious Environs. Sci is at Slate today talking about WEIRD psychology studies. The ones that are Western, Education, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic Societies…and those mostly made of up college students. How does this impact the field of psychology? It can impact things from virginity loss to views on penis [...]

Hello Internet! Scicurious here. For the past FIVE years now, Sci has brought you the latest and greatest (and sometimes the worst), in neuroscience, physiology, and stuff like poop. Blogging has been a life changing experience for me, I’ve learned so much, and I have also made so many wonderful friends! And of course, I’ve [...]

“Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered “Listen,” a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a while [...]

…if you’re like 15% of the adult population (that was in 1972, and I now hypothesize that it’s more than that due to the prevalence of high fiber diets), then yes, it does (and don’t lie, you’ve looked). Sci is at Neurotic Physiology today to ask, WHY does poop float? Why does it sink? Head [...]

Please welcome this month’s Scicurious Guest Writer, Abid Javed! Not only did he write his post, he also drew some of his own art! Machines can be large and complex. Take a car, for instance. It has an engine that allows it perform the task of driving us humans from one place to another. A [...]