Czech erection-measuring test for gays is unsurprisingly controversial
The Czech Republic has been administering phallometric tests to determine whether homosexual asylum-seekers from gay-unfriendly countries are actually gay. Needless to say, no one is particularly enthused by this policy. “Trojan concluded that the only way to obtain hard evidence was to administer a test using a phallometric device.” So reports Jan Puhl in Spiegel…
What is the evolutionary purpose of tickling?
You probably know that you can’t tickle yourself. And although you might be able to tickle a total stranger, your brain also strongly discourages you from doing something so socially awkward. These facts offer insight into tickling’s evolutionary purpose. According to Robert R. Provine, a neuroscientist at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the…