The Mites That Live and Breed on Your Face Have Anuses, Genome Study Finds

Scientists have finally unraveled the genetic secrets of humanity’s coziest roommates: Demodex folliculorum, also known as the skin mite. Among other things, the findings confirm that these mites actually do have anuses, contrary to previous speculation. They also indicate that the microscopic animals may not be as potentially harmful as commonly thought and that they’re evolving into co-dependent, symbiotic creatures that might provide us some benefits to boot.

D. folliculorum is actually one of two mite species that call us home, along with Demodex brevis. Both species are arachnids—more closely related to ticks than spiders—but D. folliculorum mites are the ones that usually reside (and mate) on our faces. These stubby worm-shaped critters live for two to three weeks, all the while embedded in our pores, clinging to our hair follicles, and primarily feeding off our sebum, the oily substance provided by our body to protect and moisturize the skin.

Moaning is not part of the female orgasm, new study says

Researchers studying the mysterious female orgasm have concluded that “moaning” is not part of it and should be removed from a scale routinely used to measure the phenomenon.

Women who were pre, peri and post-menopausal were asked to fill out a questionnaire about their orgasm experiences in both solitary and partnered contexts.

They included questions on both the Orgasm Rating Scale (ORS) and the Bodily Sensations of Orgasm Scale (BSOS) – both commonly used in scientific research into the sensation.

The ORS includes things like “trembling”, “quivering”, “building” and “pulsating” – as well as adjectives relating to emotional intimacy, like “loving”, “passionate” and “tender”.

The BSOS includes things like “faster breathing”, “lower limb spasms”, “facial tingling”, “sweating” and “increased heart rate”.

Researchers at the University of Ottawa found various bodily sensations in both scales to be present, including “choppy/shallow breathing”, “increased blood pressure” and “hot flashes”.

But they recommend that “copulatory vocalisations (eg moaning)” should be removed from the BSOS.

It is when I do it, baby.

Additionally, I’ve often thought the the biggest benefit to being homosexual would be dating someone with the same name at you. That way, when you scream out your own name during sex, no one gets mad at you.

Nearly 100 dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles confiscated by the NYPD were bulldozed Tuesday in New York City’s Brooklyn borough. Mayor Eric Adams called the vehicles, which are illegal on the city’s streets, “extremely dangerous.”

The NYC mayoral office seems to lurch from dipshit to dipshit.

Also, destroy those naughty dirt bikes that force–force, I say!–people to ride them in an unsafe manner.

So many people being influences–nay! controlled!–by inanimate objects these days.