The research team that once looked into the question “Does water or blowing air stimulate Canadian cows to defecate?” has now tried to teach calves when and where to wee, to see if it could be done. Here’s their new study: “Operant conditioning of urination by calves,” Alison Vaughan, Anne Marie de Passillé, Joseph Stookey, and […]
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Does it matter for men (and pharma companies) whether they sit or stand?
A new Dutch study on an old question — should men stand or sit when urinating? — just might weaken the revenue stream of pharma companies that offer treatments for male urinary ailments. The researchers suggest (that is their word) that altering a man’s stance when urinating can sometimes be effective at treating some prostate-related (and similar) problems. Sometimes as effective, even, as treating the […]
Urination, free will, and the John Templeton Foundation
What kind of research is funded by the John Templeton Foundation, you might ask. This kind: “Embodied free will beliefs: Some effects of physical states on metaphysical opinions,” Michael R. Ent, Roy F. Baumeister, Consciousness and Cognition, vol. 27, July 2014, pp. 147–154. The authors write: The present research suggests that… The more intensely people felt… the urge to urinate, the […]
Dog excretion accretion as indicator of Earth’s magnetic field
This study gathered and assessed evidence of the possible effects of the Earth’s magnetic field on the tangible output of dogs: “Dogs are sensitive to small variations of the Earth’s magnetic field,” Vlastimil Hart [pictured here], Petra Nováková, Erich Pascal Malkemper, Sabine Begall, Vladimír Hanzal, Milo¿ Je¿ek, Tomá¿ Ku¿ta, Veronika N¿mcová, Jana Adámková, Kate¿ina Benediktová, […]