newscience commented on Study Says: Artists Are Easy, Scientists Are Virgins

"@Mav: If you're anywhere near Long Beach, CA in January, you'll have your pick of hundreds in our biggest annual convention."

newscience commented on Study Says: Artists Are Easy, Scientists Are Virgins

"@Brigit: My mind is reeling at why he would WANT to be an ob/gyn!"

newscience commented on Study Says: Artists Are Easy, Scientists Are Virgins

"@Snowbunny: I was in your same boat."

newscience commented on Study Says: Artists Are Easy, Scientists Are Virgins

"@tonightineed thinks rahm is nom: Well, astrophysicists are used to lavishing hours of attention on data to distinguish a tiny, well-hidden signal from the noise."

newscience commented on Study Says: Artists Are Easy, Scientists Are Virgins

"Of the astrophysicists in my department, male tends to correlate REALLY strongly with married (which doesn't hold at all true for the women)."

newscience commented on Study Says: Artists Are Easy, Scientists Are Virgins

"The first astrophysicist I slept with, when I was a lowly undergraduate, didn't know where the clitoris was."

newscience commented on Puppet Regime

"@ineffable.me: Totally."

newscience commented on Couple's First Kiss Happened At The Altar

"My mom, a self-proclaimed feminist in the 70's, actually told me once when I told her I was dating this guy: "he won't buy the cow if you're giving away the milk for free." Gosh, look at the time, is it 1850 already?"

newscience commented on Why Sexist Larry Summers Shouldn't Get A Cabinet Slot

"@leftcoaster: Ben Barres is my hero."

newscience commented on Why Sexist Larry Summers Shouldn't Get A Cabinet Slot

"Also, Ben Barres often points out the flaw in the assumption that higher IQ correlates positively with "successful scientist." In fact, this correlation does not necessarily hold true at the high end of the IQ spectrum."