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July 17, calls from readers:
A reader named Bob called me a second time last week to urge me to visit a clothing-optional beach in New Jersey - at Sandy Hook. That’s almost in New York, so I took a shortcut and visited on the Web.
July 24, emails from readers:
July is dominance/submission month, or so it would seem from the strange confluence of e-mail that readers sent. First came a couple of e-mails from “Brian.” Brian is looking for a woman to dominate him, but until he finds his dream dominatrix, he said he’d like me to help him practice by occasionally telling him to go to bed. He usually retires about 11, but said it would be really fun if I ordered him to bed at, say, 10.
Aug. 21, rumors:
It sounded incredible. A species that can live virtually forever, enjoy sex well into its second century, and bypass menopause completely. ¶ Rumor had it such a charmed life belonged to a humble turtle that inhabited the marshlands of the Jersey Shore.
Aug. 28, hate mail:
I never thought of popularized science writing as potentially dangerous, even after I started writing “Carnal Knowledge” - a sex-themed column about the natural world and humanity’s place in it.
But then it started. I stood accused of harming other people’s children. And that’s no small thing. Sometimes the accusations show up in our letters section. Others go directly to my in-box. Some letter writers say they’re Christians, others not. One self-described liberal said I should know it’s not just conservatives who had to cancel their subscriptions to keep their children safe from my column.
Sept. 7, the film Snakes on a Plane:
The creators of the movie Snakes on a Plane did at least a little science homework. For those who haven’t seen it, the bad guys in the film manipulate the behavior of a bunch of snakes using scent signals known as pheromones.
Today, Maureen Dowd:
Science may have found an answer to that question made famous by Maureen Dowd: Are men necessary? If other creatures are anything to go by, men are essential to keeping our species healthy, and would still be necessary even if women started making their own sperm.
All I can say is: Phew.
Don’t worry, men: Evolution shows you’re still needed [Inquirer]
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