Homely Scientist

A recent study looked at the whys of people wanting to have sex.  Now, yes, there are some of the obvious ones there, but there are some interesting ones like getting closer to God, and my favourite (for the shock value only) wanting to give someone and STD:
“Why people have sex is extremely important, but rarely studied. Surprisingly, many scientists assume the answer is obvious, but people have different reasons for having sex, some of which are rather complex,” Buss said in a statement.
The top reason both men and women gave was that “I was attracted to the person,” but …read more

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Ever wonder how your brain works?  Maybe how sometimes it doesn’t work?  So do the folks at Lifehack:
I think the brain is most interesting when it doesn’t work the way you expect it should. psychology often confirms our intuitions about how our minds work, but it offers quite a few surprises as well. Although some psychology buff’s will have heard a few of these before, here’s a list of quirks in your brain you probably didn’t realize you had: Source: Nine Brain Quirks You Didn’t Realize You Had – lifehack.org
Visit the page for the details on these nine quirks:
1) Your …read more

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Yawning is an interesting activity.  Just thinking about it has made me yawn twice as I’ve written about it.  Seeing other people, and sometimes other mammals, yawn will trigger it.  So what’s the point?  Turns out it is to wake you up and trigger your brain into action:
Yawning is not something we usually aim to provoke among our readers, but have a yawn now. Does your brain feel cooler? Do you feel more attentive? According to psychologists Andrew Gallup and Gordon Gallup of the State University of New York at Albany, that is why we yawn: to boost blood flow …read more

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