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Growth Gadget

By Posted on 3.12.2009 5 Comments
Is it the size of the wave or the motion of the ocean? That debate may never be settled, but a new study out of Italy suggests penile extender claims may not be as “short” on truth as widely assumed. Not something that concerns you, Mr. Well-Endowed? Well, considering the average American’s erectile length (5 inches) is well shy of the French (6.2 inches), Germans (5.6 inches), Italians (5.9 inches), Mexicans (5.8 inches), Chileans (5.5 inches) and Columbians (5.4 inches), consider it a matter of national pride.

3.17.2009 at 11:30am - Comment by spottedmarley

Not sure how the national average figures for America since our country is basically made up of people from each of the other countries anyways. So I guess the US could be seen as a sort of global average, of which I am happily above. =D
Science

Just How Fat Are We?

By Corey Binns Posted on 2.24.2009 11 Comments
OBESITY IN AMERICA State Lines Obesity, defined as a body-mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher, is not equally distributed across the U.S. Check out this map to find out which state is the fattest (hint: it's the namesake of mud pie), which is the thinnest (think Coors Light), and which spends the most money on obesity-related health care (its governor pumps iron). Read on, after the break, for more of America's (and the world's) fat facts.

2.24.2009 at 06:44pm - Comment by spottedmarley

and how come French Polynesia gets to have 115%?
Science

Just How Fat Are We?

By Corey Binns Posted on 2.24.2009 11 Comments
OBESITY IN AMERICA State Lines Obesity, defined as a body-mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher, is not equally distributed across the U.S. Check out this map to find out which state is the fattest (hint: it's the namesake of mud pie), which is the thinnest (think Coors Light), and which spends the most money on obesity-related health care (its governor pumps iron). Read on, after the break, for more of America's (and the world's) fat facts.

2.24.2009 at 06:43pm - Comment by spottedmarley

Um, hello? According to the graphic on Pg3 the US is 34% Obese and 66% Overweight.... that's 100%! That just isn't possible. Am I in the 0% category of regular weight people? I highly doubt that. I call BS!
DIY

Blowing (Up) Hydrogen Bubbles

By Theodore Gray Posted on 4.13.2009 13 Comments
Living in the Midwest, where heating homes with propane is common, I periodically see reports in the local paper that yet another unoccupied house has exploded. They often note that the roof was found in the basement, while the walls were spread some distance into the neighboring fields.

2.23.2009 at 10:48am - Comment by spottedmarley

this is very similar to an experiment i conducted recently wherein i farted in the bathtub while smoking a cigarette.
Science

Oh, Mama Mia!

By Posted on 2.20.2009 15 Comments
The Swedes revere their beloved ABBA the same way Americans do the Boss. So it comes as no surprise one former band member is weighing in on the music copyright trial of the century currently taking place in the land of IKEA. On Tuesday, Björn Ulvaeus slammed supporters of the defendants in the case (The Pirate Bay), who “speak with trembling voices about their 'freedom' on the internet."

2.23.2009 at 10:32am - Comment by spottedmarley

"...idea that they weren’t stealing from a mass media giant with no face, but from the original artist..." are you kidding me? the only people stealing money from artists today are THE RECORDING COMPANIES. get a clue people. information used to be a commodity when they could sell the MEDIUM it came on. this business model is DEAD. newspapers are facing the same reality. movies. music. all information is being returned to it's natural state and that is FREE. information is free. always has been. recording companies always made their money selling a storage medium for that information and nothing more. the new music business model needs to revolve around merchandising and performance revenue. artists can record and distribute THEMSELVES NOW!
Science

Mother's Milk

By Joel Barnard Posted on 2.18.2009 4 Comments
For most of us, procuring a gallon of milk requires only a quick trip to the corner store. Breastfeeding mothers, on the other hand, need an estimated 30 percent more energy to keep a newborn nipper happy with fresh mama juice. Eating like a horse and lazing about are two ways to offset this extra energy demand, but another factor may contribute as well. According to a new study, support from family may play a key role in helping mothers conserve energy and therefore allow their bodies to prepare more quickly for another pregnancy.

2.19.2009 at 03:59pm - Comment by spottedmarley

man that picture makes me hungry. lucky little rug rat.
Science

Is Pot a Performance Enhancer?

By Brett Zarda Posted on 2.10.2009 23 Comments
We didn’t want to write about it. Seriously, we didn’t. Sure, Michael Phelps has digital technology, the 24-hour news cycle and precision blown glass to blame for his plight but we’re better than that.* But when US Swimming went and suspended Phelps for two months for, ultimately, acting his age, we felt compelled to write something. The 'Science' part of Popular Science restricts us from condemning the insanity of the punishment (note, however, they did nothing following his 2003 DUI).

2.10.2009 at 01:38pm - Comment by spottedmarley

I've been riding and racing motocross for many years and I can tell you without any doubt that smoking a really good Sativa beforehand can take my riding up to the next level. It has everything to do with concentration and what I believe to be a truly heightened sense of feeling the rhythm and energy of the activity. I have an above-average IQ and was diagnosed ADD at a very young age (my brain tends to never stop running) and smoking pot helps to quiet or completely eliminate all the many thoughts in my head that are peripheral to the activity at hand and allows me to focus completely and be more inside the moment. I do, however, also believe that every single person is different in their experience of this practice. I know guys who love to smoke and love to ride but will never do the two together because of the way smoking pot effects them personally. To some it becomes a hindrance, and to others like myself it is the most desirable way to engage in the activity.
Gadgets

Microsoft: “Sayonara Vista…Hello 7!”

By Tom Conlon Posted on 2.9.2009 27 Comments
Is Microsoft finally admitting that Windows Vista is a lost cause? Well, that’s certainly not the official company line, but it does kind of seem that way to me. The embattled OS’s successor, Windows 7, wraps up a public beta in a few days and speculation is that Microsoft is planning to crown its heir to the Windows kingdom as early as the Fall. By then, Vista will have been on store shelves for less than three years. That’s not a very long time compared to XP, which was top dog for five years before being replaced by Vista—if it was ever really replaced at all.

2.9.2009 at 05:07pm - Comment by spottedmarley

Vista is and always has been a piece of sh*t. Upgrade your computers? Are you serious or just plain ignorant? My most recent laptop came with Vista and some very impressive hardware and performance specs, all of which sat utterly unrealized until I installed XP. It was like taking a heavy foot off my laptop's throat. Besides that, a person shouldn't need a screaming fast machine just to run an operating system on it. If Adobe would hurry the hell up and release Linux ports of their creative suite, I could forget Windows ever existed.
Science

Kidney Donation: Less Painful than Childbirth

By Christine Cyr Posted on 2.4.2009 4 Comments
Surgery for an organ donor generally involves a lot of pain, long recovery, and scarring. Which is why doctors at Johns Hopkins Medical Center tried a new approach (literally!) last week; they removed a woman's kidney through her vagina. Strange as it may sound, the procedure is less invasive than traditional methods—and actually not so new.

2.5.2009 at 05:18pm - Comment by spottedmarley

It also goes to show that a bloody vagina isn't always such a bad thing.
Gadgets

The Universe Made Simple

By Posted on 1.29.2009 3 Comments
Take a guided tour of the cosmos, led by a robotic telescope. Meade’s ETX-LS is the first scope to automatically point itself at interesting celestial bodies, no human help required. As an extra benefit for beginners, it plays an informational audio clip through its speaker (or a video clip if you plug it into a monitor) once it locks on a worthy star.

1.26.2009 at 09:33am - Comment by spottedmarley

Umm hello... price? Links to more info? What a useless writeup!