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SWEATY SEX
by Bethany Lindsay
HALF BAKED SCIENCE: A PRIMER ON MEDICINAL CANNABIS
by Ryan N. Philippe
HEY BABY! I THINK OUR INTERACTION FUNCTIONS WOULD MESH WELL. LET'S DATE
by Clive Glover
WATCHING THE BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSE: BOOK REVIEW: A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING
by David Secko
ELSEWHERE AND OVERHEARD
by Caitlin Dowling
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Dear Reader,
It appears that within this second part, we have many articles of the "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll" vein. For this, we apologize profusely, and offer that in no way is this a pathetic attempt at garnering more readers (although curiously enough, the "boobie" piece from the previous issue did in fact recieve the most traffic). In any event, we hope that our inclusion of an article about hot dogs will present a more well rounded experience for those discerning readers.
SWEATY SEX
by Bethany Lindsay
Cameron Muir thinks a lot about hot, sweaty sex.
It’s his job, after all. Muir is a psychologist at Brock University, and his current fascination is human sweat — particularly when it’s coitus-induced.
His interest in sweat was aroused by steroid hormones, the tiny molecules like testosterone and estrogen that control so much of human sexuality from the inside of our bodies. Testosterone, in particular, can profoundly change a person’s appetite for sex.
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RANK: ANIMAL ILLNESSES
by Claire Zulkey
Chicken Pox. This is the Frank Sinatra of animal-themed sicknesses. A timeless classic, although the younger generations might not appreciate it. I remember fondly going to a Fourth of July Parade as a child, just recovering from the pox, and my mom not letting me look around too much lest other parents see my pox and get upset for contaminating everyone else. I also have a few choice scars from the ol' poxy. Drawback: Some children are getting 'vaccinated' for this. Wimps.
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CARTOON FEATURE: EINE KLEINE ZELLE
by Corinne Hoesli
A small cell, alone in the world, in the republic of cells..
The basic structure of life would not be nearly as interesting if it weren't for its ability to create more cells. If you think the "random" separations between cell cycle phases are about as tenuous to remember as the first 30 digits of Pi, then you probably haven't seen a cell shake its booty to the Pink Flamingos in a Fritz Langesque vignette yet.
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HALF BAKED SCIENCE: A PRIMER ON MEDICINAL CANNABIS
by Ryan N. Philippe
image by Jen Philpot
Cannabis (marijuana) is among the most widely used of all psychoactive drugs. Despite the fact that its possession and use is illegal in most countries, cannabis is used regularly by as many as 25 million people in North America and Europe and by millions more in other parts of the world. There has been renewed interest in the potential medical uses of cannabis (Cannabis sativa) in recent years, with voters in several areas of Canada strongly supporting such a move.
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HEY BABY! I THINK OUR INTERACTION FUNCTIONS WOULD MESH WELL. LET'S DATE
by Clive Glover
It's happened to many of us in the relationships we are part of - we make an idle comment to our other halves and five minutes later, an all-out battle is ensuing which threatens all known modes of normality. Of course, we’ve also all seen those cutesy-wutesy couples that wander around holding hands constantly, whispering sweet nothings to each other.
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Last weekend, Candace, Will and I visited my mother. And, while I was there, I realized I was very tired. Granted, I had not slept well the night before, but it suddenly occurred to me that I am often tired when I visit my mother. Then, on the way home, it also occurred to me that I often feel tired when Candace and I visit her father or mother.
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The animal I've been working with in my class lately is the beautiful beastie, Drosophila melanogaster. While I was cleaning out some stocks, I found this lovely example, a pale lady. She is a white mutant, and so lacks the normal red pigment in her eyes. In addition, she had just recently eclosed from her pupal case, and although her wings looked neat and pressed, her cuticle hadn't yet fully tanned.
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WATCHING THE BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSE: BOOK REVIEW: A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING
by David Secko
 I haven’t sat and watched this much television is years. But, it’s hard not to when the birth of the universe is on. And on my television, which gets only one channel with rabbit ears, it’s on every night. So, as Bill Bryson puts it in A Short History of Nearly Everything: “The next time you complain that there is nothing on, remember that you can always watch the birth of the universe.”
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ELSEWHERE AND OVERHEARD
by Caitlin Dowling
"We think it will be particularly beneficial to those who don't like using a toothbrush."
Researcher Nikos Soukos on the new light-sabre alternative to a toothbrush, in development in the US. (New Scientist, Ananova.com)
"Should you be smiling while talking about cancer?”
Dr Simon Singh, the Simon Cowell-like judge at Famelab, a Pop Idol style contest to get science on television for the masses. (David Adam, Guardianunlimited.co.uk)
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A SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT
by Jaime J. Weinman
Some other people were talking about the silliest things they'd ever done. Their examples beat my own, but then, they'd done more things than I had, silly or no. The one really silly thing I'd done that they hadn't was -- and I swear this is true -- I once tried to see if it was possible to cook all the fat out of a hot dog.
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