For most men, waking up with an erection is as predictable as needing to pee in the morning. (Admittedly, when the two are combined, it does raise a sloppy conundrum.) But what is nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT) — affectionately known as morning wood — all about? Why does sleep seemingly inspire...
We’ve all experienced the agony of holding in a ripe poop. Maybe you’re on a date and you’re afraid of the monster broiling within; maybe you’re driving in the middle of the desert and even if you wanted to stop and poop, the only napkins you have...
People are so bad at wiping their butts, doctors have coined a condition to mock them for it. It’s called PAS, or “polished anus syndrome,” and it comes from, in part, our abysmal bathroom hygiene. After doing our business, we take dry, rough toilet paper and smear...
Last year, one redditor asked a question that many have us have pondered at the urinal, when standing next to either a noticeably weak pee-er, or worse, the backsplash nightmare of the human firehose: “Why do people’s urine come out at different strengths?” Good question! Jamin Brahmbhatt,...
When life hits DEFCON 1, chances are, you’re sweating. Maybe you’re minutes away from a job interview at the tech startup you’ve always wanted to work for — the one where everyone rides mini-scooters and the fridge is always stocked with six different kinds of sparkling water. Or maybe...
You’re An Arse In the first few weeks after fertilisation, you’re nothing more than a small group of cells called a “blastula” that bursts open from the inside out, making a little bitty opening. This opening is called a blastopore, and it’s the first of your proto-organs...
As you may have discovered during a relentless tickle attack, it’s really tough not to laugh, even when you hate it. According to Dr. Alan J. Fridlund, an expert on nonverbal communication and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University...
Have you ever wondered why your penis hangs at the angle it does? Maybe it dangles to the right because it’s so used to being, ah, tugged in that direction by your right hand? Or maybe it droops to the left because that’s the trouser leg it’s...
Fight or Flight First discovered in the 1930s in the brain of a monkey, the amygdala is an almond-shaped set of neurons located within the medial temporal lobes of your noggin. Sometimes referred to as humans’ “fear factory” or your “emotional thermostat,” it works on a totally...
We’re about to explain something we’ve all wondered, especially during holiday season: Why does being drunk make us want to drink even more? We all know it when we hit that mid-beer-buzz sweet spot—when our senses are keenest, our conversation at its most lucid, our eight-ball skills...
In a boring, homogeneous world, guys everywhere would have the same hair, the same body, the same penis. And every woman would have the same shape, and their vaginas would be the same size and colour. On the one hand, it’d be pretty utilitarian to know exactly...
On July 20, 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon. “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” he famously proclaimed, as more than half a billion people watched on television. For many, their minds were full of...
