Science

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

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…!


April 27, 2011
Science

An Ingenious New Sperm-Crippling Birth Control For Dudes

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.


March 4, 2011
Geek Out

I Am Not Talking On A Human-Shaped Phone That Feels Like Skin

Japanese researchers at the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International seem to think that making a humanoid-looking phone and covering it in a material that feels like skin will make us feel closer to whoever we’re talking to. Judging from that photo, I’d be seriously weirded out.


November 6, 2010
Science

More Great News: Common Plastics Are Killing Your Sperm

Bisphenol A, or BPA, as its close friends call it, is a chemical used to create plastics. It’s included in a ton of great stuff—water bottles, tooth fillings, sports equipment—because it’s cheap and shatterproof. It also kills sperm.


June 24, 2010
Online

BeautifulPeople Dating Website Now Selling Designer Sperm, Eggs

The same dating site which kicked off 5000 members who “overindulged” over the Christmas break has now launched a sperm and eggbank section of its site, promising “beautiful babies” for anyone who partakes.


June 15, 2009

Tragus Headset Designer Likely Had Baby Batter On The Brain

The Tragus Bluetooth headset concept is a clever idea for people who misplace theirs between calls, save for the fact that it looks like a colourful sperm is about to swim into your ear canal.


February 1, 2009
Science

Proteus Motor Swims Through Bloodstream, Looks Pretty Much Like a Sperm

The tiny Proteus motor, at only 2.5 times the width of a human hair, is small enough to enter the bloodstream and perform duties previously requiring some surgical slice-and-dice.


November 13, 2008

USB Drive Proves Fertility Conventions Give Out the Best Swag Ever

Attendees can get some pretty cool swag at big conventions, but I have yet to see a product as functionally hysterical as this sperm-shaped USB drive handed out at the American Society For Reproductive Medicine’s (ASRM) 2008 conference. I’ll tell you what—whipping this thing out at while using your laptop at Starbucks should prove interesting.


September 20, 2008
Science

Bad News: Mobile Phones Make Your Sperm Stupid

Bad news, dudes and ladies who hope to someday be impregnated by said dudes! According to some researches from the Cleveland Clinic, mobile phones wreck your sperms up, making them too stupid to knock ladies up.