Great question from Reuters this morning: "Is your laptop cooking your testicles?"
Unfortunately, it looks like the answer is, "yes."
Turns out, unsurprisingly, that sitting with a computer on your lap will crank up the temperature of your nether regions, which could affect sperm quality.
And there is little you can do about it, according to the authors of a study out today in the journal Fertility and Sterility, short of putting your laptop on a desk.
The researchers hooked thermometers to the scrotums of 29 young men who were balancing a laptop on their knees. They found that even with a lap pad under the computer, the men's scrotums overheated quickly.
"Is Your Laptop Cooking Your Testicles?"
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last commentIt takes researchers to figure this out? 10 minutes with a laptap on one's lap should be enough...
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Yes, but 'duh' is not a statistically significant response! If you have some young friends who want to stay in the gene pool, let 'em see this. If, however, you'd rather shoot blanks or dummy rounds, then by all means use that laptop well before you head to an OTC, or otherwise...
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Anyone else notice the format all screwed up, 2 big pictures and large font size
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Good find. Should have known it was the laptop all along... DAMN! haha. So if this link of laptop emitting heat causing decreased sperm quality is true then this is a natural and common occurrence when we take hot showers and baths. This shouldn't be threatening to our baby makers. Little soldiers march on! No fear. We stand ready for pussy!
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Is that a mouse in your pocket or are ya' just happy to see me?
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