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Men Remember Bad Times Better Than Women

7:30AM February 2, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

Do you remember your first break-up in great detail? Maybe sex from the other month? Or, most vividly, the really bad sex from last year? Turns out, men remember unpleasant and sexual experiences far more accurately than women. More »


Online

Pinterest Is Tumblr For The Ladies

11:30AM January 25, 2012 | Matt Buchanan

Quick! Name the most perplexing social site you can think of. If you are a dude, it is probably Pinterest. Pinterest is a social network, like everything else one talks about on the internet nowadays. It’s “a virtual pinboard” that “allows you to organise and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.” More »


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This Kind Of Ignorance Is What Gives Gadget Guys A Bad Name

11:30AM January 18, 2012 | Mat Honan

At CES last week, in addition to all the gear and gadgets, there was something else on display: women. As with many trade shows — especially ones aimed at a male audience — CES was rife with booth babes. More »


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Rant: Please Keep Your Arse Out Of My Email

5:00AM January 9, 2012 | Mat Honan

CES has started, which means junk like this is now showing up in my inbox. Hey, [REDACTED], did you put a butt in your email to remind me how shitty your products are? Because that’s what I’m thinking. More »


Geek Out

Stephen Hawking: Women Are A Complete Mystery

6:00AM January 6, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

Stephen Hawking is perhaps the finest mind alive on the planet. Still, it’s nice to hear he occasionally shares the worries of the rest of us. In a recent interview with New Scientist, he was asked what he thought about most during the day. His answer? “Women. They are a complete mystery.” [New Scientist; Image: lwpkommunikacio]


Gadgets

More Glittery Gifts For Your Mystifying Girly Girl

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7:00PM December 22, 2011 | Kristen Philipkoski

You love your girly girlfriend (friend, sister, cousin, who needs labels). But you do not at all understand the girly-girl accoutrements. They’re a glittery, flowery, long-eyelashed cloud trailing her like a shiny pink version of Pig Pen’s dirty shadow. Think you’re not equipped for the job of gifting such a creature? Never fear. Here’s a list of presents that are super-fem but believable and appropriate coming from a dude such as yourself. More »


Science

Denying Pill To Girls Puts Politics Ahead Of Science

8:45AM December 8, 2011 | Kristen Philipkoski

In a rare example of overruling her own experts and the US Federal Drug Administration — while apparently ignoring the highest teen pregnancy rate of any industrialised country — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is prohibiting teenagers younger than 17 from buying the morning-after pill over the counter. More »


Geek Out

Maths Suckage Doesn’t Care About Your Sex

9:20AM November 23, 2011 | Kristen Philipkoski

You know who sucks at maths? Almost everyone, that’s who. Newsflash: the majority of humans do not do maths because they love and excel at it. We mostly dislike it and are bad at it to boot. More »


Cars

Male Crash Test Dummies Put The Ladies At Risk

8:00AM October 25, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

Remember the annoying rapping crash test dummies Larry and Vince? The fact that it was Larry and Vince and not Larry and Veronica has been putting women in disproportionate danger. More »


Science

Female Promiscuity Is a Biological Imperative

7:20AM September 23, 2011 | Kristen Philipkoski

Men have always had evolution to blame for their wily Casanova ways – that whole spreading their seed far and wide thing. Finally, evolution is coming through for women, too! More »