A New Scientist reporter checks out two online dating services that use DNA matching, based on the hypothesis that we’re attracted to people with dissimilar immune system genes – which correlates pretty well to whether we find the smell of someone’s sweat pleasant or unpleasant. Perhaps instead of exchanging photos, prospective dates should exchange sweaty T-Shirts?
Another New Scientist year-end story recaps an article from February about an Italian scientist’s work on using ultrasound to determine if a woman has a G spot or not. The comments (in the article from other researchers, not on the article from idiot talkbackers) seem to display a certain reluctance to accept that vaginal orgasms are an idiosyncrasy of genetics or development like bendable thumbs or the ability to roll your tongue.
2 replies on “Sweaty T-Shirt, please”
Wow, thats a way to set up your own bank of DNA samples for mad-scientist experiments.
Yes, it’s a pretty cool idea for a mad scientist scheme, but that’s just because they’re mad. A practical scientist would just hack into the least secure DB around:
http://goleshet.blogli.co.il/archives/152
And “mad scientist” just might be a misnomer:
http://cowbird.110mb.com/46.html