My scientific specialty is chronobiology (circadian rhythms and photoperiodism), with additional interests in comparative physiology, animal behavior and evolution. I am not an MD so I cannot diagnose and treat your sleep problems. As well as writing this blog, I am also the Online Discussion Expert for PLoS. This is a personal blog and opinions within it in no way reflect the policies of PLoS. You can contact me at: Coturnix@gmail.com
Voters In Battleground States More Ambivalent About Presidential Candidates:
Heavy advertising by both Democratic and Republican presidential candidates may actually make voters in battleground states more confused about which candidate to vote for, a new study suggests.
Amphibian Diversity…
If you look at the Program carefully, you will see there are three sessions specifically addressing the question of alternative careers at the ScienceOnline09. Here they are:
How to become a (paid) science journalist: advice for bloggers - This session is moderated by Rebecca Skloot and Tom…
Only 10 days to go!
Seed Overlords are pitching in some cool prizes for people who donate to any of the SciBlings DonorsChoose challenges, including mine.
Janet has the goods:
First, make a donation (from $5 on up) to any of the challenges mounted by ScienceBlogs bloggers.
After donating, forward…
This I first posted on June 24, 2004 on www.jregrassroots.org, then republished on August 23, 2004 on Science And Politics. I love re-posting this one every now and then, just to check how much the world has changed. What do you think? Was I too rosy-eyed? Prophetic?
In the beginning there were…
There are new articles in PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine and PLoS ONE today:
Gender Dimorphism in Skeletal Muscle Leptin Receptors, Serum Leptin and Insulin Sensitivity:
To determine if there is a gender dimorphism in the expression of leptin receptors (OB-R170, OB-R128 and OB-R98) and the protein…
New Fossil Reveals Primates Lingered In Texas (Last I heard, primates are still lingering in Texas):
More than 40 million years ago, primates preferred Texas to northern climates that were significantly cooling, according to new fossil evidence discovered by Chris Kirk, physical anthropologist at…
Among those registered for ScienceOnline09 are also a bunch of people associated with the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill:
Paul Jones is a journalism professor and the founder of Ibiblio
Patric Lane is the Health and Science Editor at UNC-Chapel Hill News Services
Carolyn Kotlas is the…
Remember the College Blogging Scholarship? The one that Shelley almost won two years in a row? Well, it is happening again. The prize is $10,000. The deadline for submission is very tight - October 30th 2008, so you need to hurry up.
Among else, you need to know that each entrant has to be:
# U.S…
You know I have a soft spot for crayfish, so I was excited to read about the new study about their nervous system, nicely explained by Mo:
When confronted with threatening stimuli and predators, the crayfish responds with an innate escape machanism called the startle reflex. Also known as…
We New Yorkers see more death and violence than most soldiers do, grow a thick chitin on our backs, grimace like a rat and learn to do a disappearing act. Long ago we outgrew the need to be blowhards about our masculinity; we leave that to the Alaskans and Texans, who have more time for it…
Continuing with asking for your help in fixing my Blogroll:
Every couple of days or so, I will post here a list of blogs that start with a particular letter, and you add in the comments if you know of something that is missing from that list.
See so far:
Numbers and Symbols
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Do you want to start getting hyped for the ScienceOnline09? You can start by (re)reading the interviews with some of the last year's participants, many of whom will be coming again this year so you may want to get to know a little bit more about them in advance: SBC'08 Interviews.
Genes Hold Secret Of Survival Of Antarctic 'Antifreeze Fish':
A genetic study of a fish that lives in the icy waters off Antarctica sheds light on the adaptations that enable it to survive in one of the harshest environments on the planet. The study is the first to search the genome of an…
Voting For Obama Even If You Believe He Was A Terrorist:
This is a person who actually believes that Obama was in a "terrorist group," and she's still backing Obama. Relatedly, a remarkable finding in the new New York Times poll: While 64% said they'd heard a lot or some about William Ayers, only…
Eric Schwitzgebel, Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside, and Fiery Cushman, a psychology post-doc at Harvard, are conducting an online experiment which involves comparing philosophers' and non-philosophers' responses to questions about moral…
