Weird Science

Latest News Update About Weird Science: You're apparently never too old to pick up gonorrhoea in South Limburg: The title of this paper should about say it all: "Older and swinging; the need to identify hidden and emerging risk groups at STI clinics." And yet there seems to be more to say. The paper's findings are the result of years of careful record keeping, as the methods section notes: "At the STI clinic, South Limburg, The Netherlands, whether an attendee is a swinger has been systematically registered since 2007." No surprise really that swingers pick up STDs at elevated rates—they constitute 12 percent of the clinic's patients. The surprise, instead, is that the median age of its infected swingers is 43. (Disturbingly, that happens to be your fearless author's current age).Read More
Digging through the personal music histories of our friends and associates, it’s always amazing to hear how many have “Weird Al” Yankovic claiming the spot of “the first concert I ever saw.”

Yankovic has been at it for just over three decades now, and unlike many stars that greedily try to hold on to their 15 minutes for as long as possible, he’s given us plenty of reasons to keep paying him our attention. Since his parodies stay au courant with whatever is hot on the scene, Yankovic satirizing of pop culture is always fresh and funny, his polka medleys and cleverness remaining the only real constants. His albums have served as mini time capsules showcasing the biggest hits of a period and have covered the spectrum of musicians from Madonna to Chamillionaire to Michael Jackson to Nirvana.Read More