Comments on: Weird Science Roundup: Monkeys Get Vasectomies, Pandas Eat Saccharin, and NASA Raps http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/17/weird-science-roundup-monkeys-get-vasectomies-pandas-eat-saccharin-and-nasa-raps/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:34:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/17/weird-science-roundup-monkeys-get-vasectomies-pandas-eat-saccharin-and-nasa-raps/comment-page-1/#comment-22870 Jo Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:57:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/17/weird-science-roundup-monkeys-get-vasectomies-pandas-eat-saccharin-and-nasa-raps/#comment-22870 It says the husband didn't know about the pregnancy, but they don't actually say that his wife didn't know about it! Is Jerly Lyngdoh's mind that of a two-year-old as well? They don't really make that clear in the linked article. Saying he's a 26-year-old man 'trapped' in a toddler's body implies that he has the mind of a 26-year-old man. Instead they just make a comment about his teeth. Why can't news articles be clear about what is postulated and what is known, instead of being so bloody misleading?!! It says the husband didn’t know about the pregnancy, but they don’t actually say that his wife didn’t know about it!

Is Jerly Lyngdoh’s mind that of a two-year-old as well? They don’t really make that clear in the linked article. Saying he’s a 26-year-old man ‘trapped’ in a toddler’s body implies that he has the mind of a 26-year-old man. Instead they just make a comment about his teeth.

Why can’t news articles be clear about what is postulated and what is known, instead of being so bloody misleading?!!

]]> By: Josh Auriemma http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/17/weird-science-roundup-monkeys-get-vasectomies-pandas-eat-saccharin-and-nasa-raps/comment-page-1/#comment-22848 Josh Auriemma Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:46:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/17/weird-science-roundup-monkeys-get-vasectomies-pandas-eat-saccharin-and-nasa-raps/#comment-22848 The stories of women giving birth without knowing that they were pregnant always crack me up. Discovery Channel (?) has a show devoted to the subject. The stories of women giving birth without knowing that they were pregnant always crack me up. Discovery Channel (?) has a show devoted to the subject.

]]> By: D-Notice http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/17/weird-science-roundup-monkeys-get-vasectomies-pandas-eat-saccharin-and-nasa-raps/comment-page-1/#comment-22840 D-Notice Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:16:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/17/weird-science-roundup-monkeys-get-vasectomies-pandas-eat-saccharin-and-nasa-raps/#comment-22840 "<i>Thanks to new iPods for the womb, your unborn children can hear your REO Speedwagon playlist.</i>" Isn't that a form of child abuse? “Thanks to new iPods for the womb, your unborn children can hear your REO Speedwagon playlist.”

Isn’t that a form of child abuse?

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