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Friday Weird Science: stuff your bra for SCIENCE, ladies

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Ladies, we all know that some people stuff their bras. But the question becomes, would you do it for SCIENCE?! Especially if you knew you had to stuff your bra and then sit quietly in a bar for an hour at 11pm and count how many guys walked up to you? Well, we had one very brave volunteer. At Neurotic Physiology today, we're talking about whether guys really do prefer bigger boobs, and the one brave woman who stuffed her bra for science. Head over and check it out!

Scicurious has a PhD in Physiology from a Southern institution. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from another respected Southern institution. She is currently a post-doctoral researcher at a celebrated institution that is very fancy and somewhere else. Her professional interests are in neurophysiology and psychiatric disorders. She recently obtained her PhD and is pursuing her love of science and writing at the same time. She often blogs in the third person. For more information about Scicurious and to view her recent award and activities, please see her CV ( http://scientopia.org/blogs/scicurious/a-scicurious-cv/)

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