From Reuters:
One of the last shipments to a U.S. research base in Antarctica before the onset of winter darkness was a year’s supply of condoms.

Bill Henriksen, the manager of the McMurdo base station, said nearly 16,500 condoms were delivered last month and would be made available, free of charge, to staff throughout the year [...]

Russian Toilets: Take A Crap, But Don’t Take A Pee
Source: CNN:
Nowhere to Go
The international space station’s lone toilet is broken, leaving the crew with almost nowhere to go. So NASA may order an in-orbit plumbing service call when space shuttle Discovery visits next week. Until then, the three-man crew will have to make do with [...]

From RORY NUGENT comes something called the Epafi, or “touch communicator”.

Epafi is a pair of bracelets built to simulate the common and playful exchange of touch amongst mates, loved ones, or even close friends. Whenever either of the wearers touch the bracelet worn on their wrist, the location, pressure, and movement of the touch is [...]

An interesting article, entitled Cultural Differences Found in Pee, states:
Pee from more than 4,000 volunteers shows that people from different nations often have spectacularly different metabolisms. The finding could point to new ways to deal with obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and other health problems, researchers said.
Urine samples were analyzed from some 4,630 volunteers from [...]

Insert your Forrest Gump joke here.
Story from CBS News:
The International Association of Athletics Federations ruled Monday that double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius is ineligible to compete in the Beijing Olympics because his prosthetic racing blades give him a clear competitive advantage. The executive Council said the South African runner’s curved, prosthetic “Cheetah” blades were considered a [...]

DNA Dating Service Comes To Boston
A new dating service that uses DNA matching launches in Boston today. For only $1,995 (wow, cheap!) Florida company ScientificMatch.com promises its technology will use DNA to find a date with “a natural odor you’ll love, with whom you’d have healthier children and a more satisfying sex life.”
In analyzing DNA, [...]

From Daily Mail:
Now a list of the most amusing, provocative and outrageous experiments of modern science has been compiled by author Alex Boese, who scoured research journals, books and university archives. Topics covered include what happens when you give an elephant LSD and how to make a turkey frisky. Featured in this week’s New Scientist [...]