Boing Boing » balls http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 05:39:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Which is more painful? Childbirth vs. Getting kicked in the nuts http://boingboing.net/2013/04/26/which-is-more-painful-childbi.html http://boingboing.net/2013/04/26/which-is-more-painful-childbi.html#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:35:16 +0000 Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/?p=226870

Science has the answers. Or, anyway, science has a fascinating look at why this particular question cannot be satisfactorily answered.

Also, being 16 weeks pregnant, this is relevant to my interests. I look forward to the subjective debate in the comments.

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