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[Day Permalink] Tuesday, December 14, 2004

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Laptops put male fertility in the hot seat: "While the laptops did cause a rise in scrotal temperature, it is not know how much this affects short term/long term sperm quality and fertility and researchers plan to measure these effects in future studies. For laptop users with worries about fertility problems... I wonder if there would be market for liquid-cooled briefs?" [Ars Technica]

I have been using an iBook (with wlan) for three years now, and I admit using it in the lap. I have three young daughters - is there a correlation? A coworker claimed that keeping a Nokia phone in the front pocket of his tight jeans might have contributed to getting a boy. Do you have your own pet theory on the matter?