Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Penis Blogging Week Cont'd
Update: I cannot go on with my life without adding to this list a fascinating article by PZ Myers of Pharyngula:
That revolting article about earwax and smegma
http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/that_revolting_article_about_earwax_and_smegma/
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There is interesting stuff on penile science (and not just science) on the Internets, so we continue our series here:
Tissue engineers grow penis in the lab
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn2781
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:f7W3Sv0amxkJ:www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn2781+penises
In a remarkable feat of tissue engineering, major parts of the penises of several rabbits have been replaced with segments grown in a lab from their own cells. The animals were able to use the reconstructed organs to mate.
Length-boosting surgery for 'micro-penises'
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6761
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:G_Y2D6iYLgQJ:www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6761+penises
A new surgical procedure has allowed men with abnormally short penises to enjoy a full sex life and urinate standing up, some for the first time. Tiny "micro-penises" have been enlarged to normal size without losing any erogenous sensation, say UK doctors.
But squid don't have penises
http://jaarons.typepad.com/squidblog/2005/03/but_squid_dont_.html
Is it normal for a guy to grow a second penis?
http://www.teenhealthfx.com/answers/Sexuality/1235.html
Alligators in Florida's Lake Apopka have Smaller Penises
http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Alligators-Apopka-PBS2jun98.htm
In Earwigs, Two Penises Are Better Than One
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2001/1126/3
The first cut
http://www.infocirc.org/mf0899.htm
Do uncircumcised penises have more fun?
German penises 'too small for EU condoms'
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_358876.html
Do turtles have penises and vaginas?
http://www.seaturtle.org/faq/answers/56.shtml
Smokers Have Small Penises
http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/19980627114415data_trunc_sys.shtml
Hang Male-Bashing Out to Dry
http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2001/1127.html
Robert Rowan is proud of stealing 21 ceramic penises that were part of a domestic violence art show at the Boulder Public Library in Colorado. The faux severed penises were strung on a clothesline under the title "Hanging 'Em Out to Dry."
Go Ask Alice!: Penises have heads, but not minds of their own
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/1533.html
Penises and proteases
http://www.catie.ca/tu.nsf/0/A0F3AD24DD88D40D85256744007BF775?opendocument&language=english
Exactly why protease inhibitors might cause sexual dysfunction in males is unclear.
Moths' penises could help feed India
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s14081.htm
The researchers involved say that in the war against Heliothine moths - one of the world's most devastating insect pests - a tiny moth-penis-inflator called the "phalloblaster" could be the best weapon so far.
Snow Monkey Penis
http://www.mutatedmonkeys.com/weblog/archives/000406.html
When a few members of the Harvard crew team decided to build a snowy representation of the male anatomy on Feb. 11, they never imagined it would be so hard to keep it up.
Research says erect gay penises are bigger
http://archive.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/1999/11/04/size/
Uncovered Kinsey Report data show homosexual members have hetero ones by a head.