Taste receptors are actually made up of protein subunits that work together to taste - this is how we get supertasters, etc. Testicles don't actually have taste receptors, they have two different subunit proteins that are utilized within taste receptors (the one that helps figure out sweet/umami, and another that is…

So the only time a Romney campaign internal poll was correct, it seems.

I learned an interesting factoid on my last transPacific flight: when your baggage is "accidentally left behind," that's code for "plane hit weight limit and they ditched some luggage, sorry yours was in that pile."

So, what they are saying is female passengers get discount tickets?

It makes nothing but sense to me.

They'll only be hiring female pilots for the same reason, I assume.

I will be in Ohio this weekend, soooo...

Exactly. If the government defines a medical term one way and the biology textbooks define it another, I'm going with the scientists.

wait wait wait. How is a legislative body allowed to redefine the biology of embryo vs. fetus? Isn't biology pretty clear on which stages of development are embryonic and which are fetal?

"You fail to notice the creaking of the trees around you, enthralled in your lovemaking as you are. Suddenly, you hear a loud crack, and have only enough time to react to see the large tree you were laying under fall on top of the two of you. THE END"

You have to stick to the choose-your-own-adventure traditions, though, and one path must lead directly to death.

Is there some weird rule that our usernames need to include our gender and sexuality, otherwise commenters will always assume we are the opposite of an educated opinion on any given topic?

The real problem here is Prada's excessive use of contrast and photoshop, I posted another photo of Malaika Firth off-duty downthread, but here is a photo of her;

You understand how studies work, right?

Jesus, when are the fundies going to get over snooping in our bedrooms?

"I will become a popular and beloved figure... By outlawing blowjobs!"

Hey Anna— Didn't you yourself post this last year? http://jezebel.com/5966880/persis…

That would definitely be disruptive to normal life. I think most of us would like to have some degree of control over the when and where of our orgasms. An occasional spontaneous O makes for a good story later, but all the time? That's a nightmare.

Not just you. Stories like this are often reported with an air of flippancy, but it would be really, really awful to spontaneously orgasm grocery shopping, on the public bus, giving a presentation at work, etc, etc, etc.