Sperm

Science

Salmon Sperm Is Your Next Generation Optical Storage Device

2:45PM January 11, 2012 | Kristen Philipkoski

By adding a bit of silver to a thin layer of salmon sperm DNA and sandwiching it all between two electrodes, scientists have created a data storage device that could lead to a cheaper replacement for silicon. More »


Science

Feds Tell Man To Stop Giving Away His Sperm For Free Online

1:20AM December 21, 2011 | Mario Aguilar

A benevolent SF Bay man has gotten himself into quite a sticky mess with the government for running a free, ad-hoc sperm bank off his website. He’s already fathered 14 children with his donations and more are on the way. He thinks it’s charity, but now the feds wanna shut him down. More »


Science

Protect Your Testicles From Technology

8:20AM November 30, 2011 | Kristen Philipkoski

If you dream of spawning a mini me or three one of these days, you might consider keeping that laptop off your lap and curbing your mobile phone use just a touch. More »


Science

Fertility Chip Could Herald New Era Of Hands-On Home Testing

1:00AM October 31, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Gentlemen, are you shooting blanks or are you ready to continue your family line another generation? Before, answering that question required a trip to the doctors. Today, a Dutch researcher says the test could eventually be, ahem, in your hands. More »


Science

World’s Largest Sperm Bank Says No To Redheads

9:00AM September 18, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Cryos, a Danish network of international sperm banks and the largest one of its kind, has officially stopped taking sperm from redheaded guys. Despite an overall increase in donations, the demand for ginger sperm just isn’t that high. Sorry, gingers. More »


News

Facebook Passwords, Sperm Counts And Stories We Didn’t Post

5:00PM September 14, 2011 | Brian Barrett

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. More »


Geek Out

Greyhound Bus Accidentally Dumps Bull Semen On Highway

3:00AM August 24, 2011 | Kwame Opam

A Greyhound bus was on a slightly-less-than normal trip to Texas this morning. Along with its passengers, it was carrying bull spunk. Bull spunk it dumped on a Tennessee highway. HAZMAT suits were called in. It was a serious mess. More »


Science

Study Says Mobile Phones Are Roasting Your Sperm

11:41PM August 19, 2011 | Sam Biddle

As if the invisible spectre of cancer weren’t enough, now you might need to worry a bit about what mobile phones are doing to your testicle. A new study in the Journal of Andrology says phones might be ruining your sperm. More »


Science

Itty Bitty Squid Shoots Giant Sperm On She-Squid’s Mouth

9:00AM August 16, 2011 | Sam Biddle

It’s not fun being a little spear squid. You’re small. You’re a squid. But — compared to your larger male peers, your jizz is gigantic. And, National Geographic reports, you can sneak up on females and inseminate their mouths. Yeah…! More »


Science

An Ingenious New Sperm-Crippling Birth Control For Dudes

2:20PM April 27, 2011 | Matt Buchanan

We need better birth control. This isn’t terribly controversial. Most current birth control is based on decades old science, merely refined as the years have gone by. And there’s still no male equivalent of the pill, which puts the brunt of the burden of long-term birth control on women. More »