Finally, a Study with Balls

TESTICULOSA—A new study has found that men with larger testicles are less attentive as fathers compared with men with smaller testicles. Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, the study, according to the BBC, “looked at the relationship between testicle size and fatherhood in 70 men who had children between the ages of one and two. “The team at Emory University in Atlanta performed brain scans while the men were shown pictures of their children,” added the BBC. “It showed those with smaller testicles tended to have a greater response in the reward area of the brain than those with a larger size.” According to one of the researchers, "It tells us some men are more naturally inclined to care-giving than others, but I don't think that excuses other men. It just might require more effort for some than others." Indeed it might. On the other hand, the study’s findings are based on brain imaging science that is only just coming into its own and is hardly definitive in terms of assessing complex behaviors such as affection for one’s offspring. In other words, the study might be complete bullocks. Photo: Large balls attached to a non-participant in the study.