MetaFilter posts tagged with sperm

Excuse me, I think I may have dropped my SAT scores by your table.

device55 — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:34:44 -0800

Hot Trobbing Cognition

The Whelk — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:21:14 -0800

Intelligent Design: Semen Quality linked to intelligence say researchers from the Vietnam Experience Study.

Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)

cjorgensen — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:25:14 -0800

If plastics, or pesticides, or antidespressants have got you down, you can still make art with it, drink it or cook with it. It's been a strange week for semen. Semen is not only nutritious, but it also has a wonderful texture and amazing cooking properties. Like fine wine and cheeses, the taste of semen is complex and dynamic. Semen is inexpensive to produce and is commonly available in many, if not most, homes and restaurants. Despite all of these positive qualities, semen remains neglected as a food. I'm dedicating this post to Astro Zombie.

LOLa-Sperma-palooza-toza

takeyourmedicine — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:52:13 -0800

"We need sperm donations... you need festival tickets... wanna strike a deal?" Ireland wants your sperm.

Sperm Precursor Cells Created From Stem Cells

jason's_planet — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:55:15 -0800

Scientists say they have successfully made immature sperm cells from human bone marrow samples.

And to Mom, I leave my sperm

XQUZYPHYR — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:30:26 -0800

“Then it came to me — ‘Your sperm, that’s what you want me to take from you’. Right there, I asked the officers who came to visit to make sure his sperm be kept.” 20-year old Keivin Cohen, an Israeli soldier, was killed in the Gaza Strip in 2002. His parents, claiming his wish was to one day have children, had his sperm extracted from his dead body to inseminate in a female volunteer. This week, an Israeli court finally ruled that the parents have the right to do this, and a 25-year old woman Cohen never met will be impregnated five years after his death.

Sperm Dress

Mo Nickels — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 16:10:57 -0800

The seller called 'em polkadots. "When I got the dress, my eyes about popped out of my head. These were NOT creamy white polkadots. My mind raced. This was a novelty print, yes, but not of balloons or cheerfully wriggling tadpoles. There's no way…could it be!? Could the 1950's designer Mark-Robbins been so devious as to devise a blue dress covered—literally covered—in…"

Every sperm is sacred

kika — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 12:15:48 -0800

Anonymous sperm donor traced via internet.
A 15 year old boy finds his biological father using online services like FamilyTreeDNA.com and Omnitrace.com. He had some luck during this process, but how anonymous is your sperm donation?

that type of integration

radiosig — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:52:03 -0800

Up for auction is Vincent Gallo's sperm.

sperm bank

halekon — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:55:26 -0800

Bizarre child support battle in Brooklyn A Brooklyn, New York man who stopped paying storage fees for his frozen sperm after divorcing his wife has filed suit against the sperm bank, his ex, and a notary public after learning she picked up the payments and used the sperm to get pregnant. Deon Francois, who now must pay child support, says he didn't want a child and never gave consent for the use of his sperm.

brilliant

BuddhaInABucket — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:21:04 -0800

A hilarious video clip advertising a pride event in Oslo. Possibly NSFW.

FDA: No gay swimmers in our banks.

Civil_Disobedient — Thu, 05 May 2005 22:34:20 -0800

FDA to ban sperm donations from homosexuals. Claims the rate of HIV among gay men is statistically high enough to warrant the exclusion. Gay community suggests discrimination. See also: Gay blood ban (in effect since 1985).

sex and the law

halekon — Sat, 26 Feb 2005 10:30:53 -0800

Another reason to practice safe sex? Man meets woman. Man has oral sex with woman. Woman keeps the sperm, uses it to impregnate herself, then sues for child support. Man counter-sues for emotional distress and "sperm theft". Although the emotional distress claim is still active, the "sperm theft" claim was dismissed. On that point, the court decided: When plaintiff "delivered" his sperm, it was a gift -- an absolute and irrevocable transfer of title to property from a donor to a donee... There was no agreement that the original deposit would be returned upon request.

Beware ... step away from the laptop...

ericb — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 20:34:17 -0800

Beware ... step away from the laptop. Laptop computers may damage male fertility. Dr. Yefim Sheynkin of the State University of New York (Stony Brook) reports in the journal Human Reproduction. "Laptops, which reach high internal operating temperatures, can heat up the scrotum which could affect the quality and quantity of men’s sperm." "...Sheynkin, director of male infertility and microsurgery at the university. 'Don't get me wrong -- the laptop computer is very useful and helpful. But we need to be cautious.' "

Not eligible to donate.

magullo — Thu, 20 May 2004 11:56:01 -0800

FDA bans sexually active gay men from donating sperm and tissues

Live Fast, Die Young, Don't Leave a Good Embryo

alms — Mon, 13 Oct 2003 11:02:34 -0800

Phylogeny recapitulates potheads. Apparently getting stoned affects the behavior of the smoker's sperm. The little guys start out really excited but then burn out before achieving their goals. Why does this sound familiar? Would it be a good ad campaign? Ah, I can't be bothered to figure it out, pass the bong.

welcoming our new sperm overlords

jengod — Fri, 11 Jul 2003 16:13:28 -0800

It's a Giant Sperm! Whale! The Chilean sea blob is revealed to be the carcass of a Moby Dick.

Sperm Wars: The Game

bedhead — Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:49:48 -0800

Sperm Wars: Extreme sporting's next generation may well be Exo-biotic. What could be first manifestation in this new realm of sport? Taking into account such factors as: simplicity of contest design, ease of sample collection, lots of visible action, and abundant human male competitiveness, the most logical and economic choice would be a sperm competition.

Any volunteers? What do you think the next "extreme" sport will be?

Who's You Daddy? Who's Your OTHER Daddy?

jscalzi — Fri, 02 May 2003 10:03:28 -0800

"Jody Has Two Daddies" -- The literal remix. Scientists are making egg cells now, raising the (eventual) possibility of one guy providing the genetic material to raise a crop of eggs, while the other guy provides the crop of sperm (no extra work necessary). Just add one surrogate mother and there you have it: Yet another fundamentalist nightmare, in cute infant "Adam and Steve" form.

srboisvert — Fri, 30 Aug 2002 18:25:23 -0800

Flocks of sperm turning to the left indicates possible memory. Does this mean every sperm really is sacred?

percine — Wed, 14 Aug 2002 21:20:26 -0800

Producing sperm on the backs of mice. Well, the back of a laboratory mouse doesn't do anything - it just sits back there. Might as well put it to good use.

homunculus — Tue, 22 Jan 2002 16:46:39 -0800

A procedure known as haploidisation could allow lesbian couples to have a baby that shares both their genes. The procedure may be available in 18 months' time. Sperm? We don't need no stinking sperm!

briank — Tue, 10 Jul 2001 06:46:32 -0800

It's all over, boys, we're obsolete A team of Australian scientists has announced that they've found a way to fertilize human ova with somatic cells instead of sperm. No actual living babies have been produced yet, but they expect results within the year.

Spanktacular — Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:59:32 -0800

Shooting sperm with a condomgun is how the Swiss are attempting to educate people about aids prevention. Just shoot the oncoming sperm with your condomgun, and you can help prevent pregnancy, the spread of viruses and AIDS. At least this is more entertaining than an IRS site geared to children...