A trip to the gym can make you feel really good about yourself. You feel stretched out, you feel energised, you feel healthy… wait, did we say healthy? Scrub that one — until you’ve scrubbed your gym bag, at least. Despite how neat and clean a person...
Everyone has a crappy day every now and again, but for Anish Sheth, co-author of What’s Your Poo Telling You?, it’s been a rewardingly crappy life. “Growing up in a family of physicians, poo was a common topic around the dinner table,” explains Sheth. “It was health-related,...
The human body: An inspiring biological work of art? Or a meaty sack of germs and fluids? Either way, there’s still a lot we don’t know about what goes on in there — and scientists are constantly attempting to find out more. Here are some interesting things they’ve discovered...
We are all aware, subconsciously, that the bathroom — that place we tend to spend a lot of time naked — is crawling with germs. Of course it is: It’s where you poop; it’s where you leave your grimy street clothes in a pile before leaping into...
While colour variance in your stool might normally be the sign of life-threatening internal bleeding, it can also be something much more benign — you just ate the wrong thing. Or better put, you ate the wrong colour food. We decided to break down the foods that affect the...
It’s an all-too-common feeling: You’ve left work, run some errands and ordered delivery for dinner from the convenience of your car. You think you’ve got everything under control (the contents of your bladder most of all), but once you exit your vehicle and insert your key into...
If you pee through your penis and you’re not a virgin, chances are you’ve participated in a game of post-coital pee Russian roulette. Like Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates, in this game, you never know what you’re going to get: Will it burn? Will it spray? Will...
Unless you go looking for it, it’s easy to live in the dark as to what other types of wangs are out there. In fact, all sorts of shapes and sizes of wangs can be handed to you at birth in the Great Wang Lottery — bent wangs, double...
The gasses released when you fart are like apples: All it takes is a single bad one to spoil the whole bunch. Most of the gas that comes tooting out of your hind end, including carbon dioxide and methane, is odourless. But when even just a little...
Anyone who’s experienced a swift hit to the nutsack knows just how painful that is, and has most definitely proceeded to ask (in a very high pitched voice), “Why must my testes be so tender?” We’ve felt your pain, so we sat down with Dr. Muhammad Mirza,...
There’s a good reason why you should wash your hands after urination. And no, it doesn’t matter if you have the cleanest, straightest, most precise pee aim known to man. “The rationale is that when toileting, it’s possible to have faecal material and faecal bacteria get onto...
The male orgasm is, to use the most clichéd metaphor in the book, a rollercoaster ride. Not because it involves a thrilling series of ups and downs, but because once it’s done, you can’t just stay in your seat for another go — you have to head to the...
