PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS VAMPIRES because they believe they need to drink human blood to stay healthy often find it difficult opening up to health professionals, fearing ridicule, disgust and a mental health diagnosis, a study has found. They walk among us. The blood-drinkers. And you couldn’t pick them from a normal person—because that’s what … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2015
The psychology of The Martian
THE MARTIAN HAS HIT CINEMAS, bosomed by director Ridley Scott and Matt Damon as the man on Mars—it’s made some splashes. The film enjoyed the juicy publicity that came with NASA’s recent announcement of liquid water on the surface of Mars. Exciting stuff. Days earlier NASA dangled this “major discovery” as a big secret, so … Continue reading
How I learned to stop worrying and love the computer
The notion that robots will be specifically designed and hard-wired to fulfil their owners sexual desires means robot-sex could easily surpass human sex as the most popular kind of doin’ it. Continue reading