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
A paper published back in September - Chimpanzees Share Forbidden Fruit by Hockings et al. is getting renewed attention these days.
Rebecca Walton has compiled links to the recent media and blog coverage of the paper (including those by my SciBlings Afarensis, Greg Laden and Brian Switek), the…
Well, just below, I posted all of my pictures from the Conference. If you have some of your own, please upload them to the Facebook group and on Flickr. Tag the Flickr photos with the "scienceblogging.com" tag and then look around all the pictures and identify the people, tag them (on Facebook)…
On Sunday morning, about 18-19 of the Conference participants met at the New World Coffee House for breakfast, where we were joined by Rep.Brad Miller (D-NC). Pictures under the fold....
On Friday afternoon, I went to one of the Lab Tours with several participants of the Science Blogging Conference to the NC Museum of Natural Science in downtown Raleigh, where we were treated to a royal tour of the fossil lab, the vaults and the exhibits:
After the Blogging101 session, I went to Radisson and had lunch with several science bloggers freshly arrived for the Science Blogging Conference, but I was too excited about meeting them, and to interested in my food to be a good photographer, so I only took a couple of shots of Dave and Elisabeth…
Gene Genie #24 is up on biomarker-driven mental health 2.0
Friday Ark#174 is up on Modulator
Peer Reviewed Journal of The Carnival of the Godless is up on Tangled Up in Blue Guy as well!
There is a new carnival on the intertubes, Berry Go Round for blog posts on all things plant-related. The first edition will appear at the end of the month on Sead Aside so send your entries pronto.
I spent a lot of time today offline (and in the car), and I am exhausted, but here is a very brief summary of the day (I'll post the pictures and update the blog linkfest later - UPDATE: I just updated the Blog and Media Coverage page).
After the Blogging Skills Session, I drove a couple of…
Sitting in the UNC Health Science Library computer lab. There's about 20 of us. Most people are relatively new to blogging and they are asking excellent questions. Anton Zuiker is leading the session. Brian Russell, Wayne Sutton and I pitch in as needed.
Yes, about 200-something people will be participating in the Science Blogging Conference in the real space and real time, being physically present. But, both those who are here and those who are not should also participate online.
Here are the three main places to do so:
1. The Wiki
The main…
The Science Blogging Conference is tomorrow and Saturday. We have 214 registered participants and the registration is now closed.
I have been highlighting the participants for the past couple of months, and today is the time for the final part of this roll-call:
Stuart Pimm is the Doris Duke…
You can follow the conversation about the Conference by checking in, every now and then, the Blog and Media Coverage page on the wiki. The links to date can also be found under the fold...
If you want your posts to be easily detected and included in the listing, please use 'scienceblogging.com' as…
Skeptics' Circle #78 - The "Still High From The Chelation" Edition - is up on The Skeptical Surfer
Carnival of the Liberals #56 is up on Blue Gal
The 107th Carnival of Homeschooling is up on Consent Of The Governed
Lots of cool stuff at PLoS lately....
First, there is a great review in PLoS Medicine, that should be of interest to scienceblogs.com readers: Plague: Past, Present, and Future:
The causative bacterium (Yersinia pestis) was discovered by Yersin in 1894 [11] (see also [63]). Case-fatality ratio…
I always try to watch debates by erasing all of my prior information, just like a "virgin" voter, seeing the candidates for the first time. And with such a mindset, I have to say I was proud to be a Democrat last night! There were three formidable people up on the stage, obviously intelligent,…
Alvaro is helping the effort to start a Science Debate 2008 with his theme for this week's Grand Rounds: Briefing the Next US President, up on SharpBrains
The 13th edition of Oekologie - the One Year Anniversary edition! - is up on The Infinite Sphere
Carnival of the Green # 110 is up on Inventor…
Well, The Day has arrived! The Open Laboratory 2007, the 2nd anthology of the best science blogging of the year, is now up for sale on Lulu.com!
Yes, you can buy it right here!
In a few weeks (and I will be sure to tell you), the book will also available in online and offline bookstores.
You can…
