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Title: Can you get sperm to swim backwards?
Post by: thedoc on 09/02/2010 17:17:01
If you reverse the polarity, do the sperm go backwards?
Asked by Silverwing Benoit, SecondLife

               
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Title: Can you get sperm to swim backwards?
Post by: thedoc on 09/02/2010 17:17:01
Silverwing was referring to this news story.

Chris -   I'm not sure if they tested that, but my thought would be probably not because they're turning the sperm from something that’s inactive to something that’s active.  But it’s a good thought!
Title: Can you get sperm to swim backwards?
Post by: thedoc on 09/02/2010 18:19:34
Listen to the answer to this question on our podcast. (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/show/2010.02.07/)
Title: Can you get sperm to swim backwards?
Post by: swadewade8 on 18/11/2011 04:25:38
     It seems like a hot topic in a way I guess. :)  Anyway, I thought I would help out to some degree if I can.  Sperm will not swim the other way as some may think.  What does take place though is if a male thinks his mate is cheating on him with his sperm within the female after intercourse the sperm will take a life of its own and act upon the the 'foreign' sperm and repel the 'new sperm' from getting into the egg area in order to impregnate.  In a way, the sperm is programmed from the original donor who may be thinking his girl is cheating on him.  Simply put i guess. 
Title: Can you get sperm to swim backwards?
Post by: CZARCAR on 18/11/2011 20:25:19
& i thought they were like salmon, swimming upstream
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Post by: Chris on 25/06/2016 14:37:54
Do you think the angle of the sperm entering the egg effects the intellectual mind of a child? Like make them smarter? I don't know if theirs even a way to test this theory. But that doesn't matter I have tons of questions for myself. Sorry if it sounds immature, I stayed up all night!

Ex. If doggie style on knees different than doggie style standing up where the female has to hold in the sperm causing slower heat.??

Or a rush absolutely spontaneous not aware when sex time is to happen does this effect the child's intelligence??