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Nervous systems shut down, making it harder to feel pain

(NEWSER) - Orgasms are nice—so nice that, for women at least, they kinda make you invincible. Neuroscientists studied women pleasuring themselves while in MRI body scanners, to see what happens inside the brain during orgasm. They found that 30 different parts of the brain light up with pleasure so strong that the nervous system begins to shut down—making it more difficult for a woman to feel pain, the Sun reports. More»

Baby Mason's father is boyfriend Scott Disick

(NEWSER) - Reality TV presence Kourtney Kardashian gave birth to a son this morning, E! reports. Mason Dash Disick, whose father is Kourtney's boyfriend Scott Disick, shares his middle name with the Kardashians' clothing store. “I never thought she'd ever want to have a baby,” sister Kim remarked last week. But it’s all good: “I think Kourt's going to be the most amazing mom.” More»

They'll lose 1 inch and gain 2 pounds by 2409

(NEWSER) - Humans are still changing, and the female winners of the evolutionary crapshoot will be shorter and heavier down the line. A new study that tracked the motherly productivity of the slim-and-tall set alongside their squatter peers concludes that a lower center of gravity will win out in the end, and it offers a surprising prediction: By 2409, women will be on average almost an inch shorter and 2 pounds heavier. More»

Males ogle women for a solid year of their lives, study finds

(NEWSER) - Men check out 10 women every day, spending an average of 43 minutes with their eyes fixated on a member of the opposite sex—adding up to a full year over a lifetime, researchers tell the Sun. A Kodak Lens Vision study found that the wandering eye is not unique to men—women spend 20 minutes a day on six men, a total of 6 months of their lives. More»

(NEWSER) - Facebook executives have again bungled rules banning breasts on the site, this time concerning cancer surgery. Facebook bans "sexual content" and bounced photos a cancer patient posted of her mastectomy scars to educate other women. After a torrent of complaints a Facebook spokeswoman admitted: "We made a mistake," and encouraged the woman to repost. Still an ongoing debate are breast-feeding photos. Facebook relented a tad on that ban and allowed "discrete" shots after complaints. More»