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
Fresh Fossil Evidence Of Eye Forerunner Uncovered:
Ancient armoured fish fossils from Australia present some of the first definite fossil evidence of a forerunner to the human eye, a scientist from The Australian National University says.
Parents Show Bias In Sibling Rivalry, Says Study:
Most…
Four Stone Hearth #31: Silver Screen Edition is up on Walking the Berkshires
Festival of the Trees #19 is up on Hoarded Ordinaries
The 152nd Carnival of Education is up on So You Want to Teach?
Grand Rounds Vol 4 Number 15 are up on Other things amanzi
The 2nd anniversary of the Carnival of…
Holidays slightly altered the publication dates at PLoS this week, so I had to wait until Wednesday to bring you my picks from PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine and PLoS ONE. Of course, look beyond my own picks and look at all the new articles to see what you are interested in:
Recurring Ethanol Exposure…
Well, The Day has arrived! After reading all of the 486 entries at least once (and many 2-3 times) and after calculating all of the judges' ratings of all the posts, Reed Cartwright and I are happy to announce which blog posts will be published in the second science blogging anthology, the "Open…
There are 19 days until the Science Blogging Conference. We have 200 registered participants and a few people on the waiting list. The Sigma Xi space accommodates 200 and we have ordered food for 200 and swag bags for 200. Apart from the public list, we also have a list with a couple of…
Another one from 1985...
Zbog nekih lutaka koje sam voljela
nocas te dozivam da me zabavljas
donesi oblake, nemirne korake
cesljaj me satima i pricaj prstima
Zbog toplih jastuka gdje sam te sakrila
nocas zaboravljam da sam izgubila
donesi haljine, staklene lancice
obuci miriše i mazi me
Ref.
Bas…
...just busy with the Conference and Anthology.
Judging of the entries for the anthology is over and Reed and I have determined the winners. The authors have been notified and, unless one of them wants to pull a post out, I will post the links to all the winning posts here on my blog tomorrow, so…
There are 20 days until the Science Blogging Conference. We have 200 registered participants and a few people on the waiting list. The Sigma Xi space accommodates 200 and we have ordered food for 200 and swag bags for 200. Apart from the public list, we also have a list with a couple of…
A friend of my Mom's asked for it, so here it is, Oliver Dragojevic and Skalinada:
Mirno spavaj, duso moja
noc je 'ladna, zvizda tvoja sjaja nima
Na sto vrata ja san kuca
tople rici, mrvu srca nigdi nima
Pismo mala, reci svima
moj je zivot pusta stina, mira nima
Miljun pasi ja san prosa
sad se…
Food:
Where's the schmaltz? Look no further...
How religious curbs lead to great food (take with a grain of salt....and pepper and garlic).
My mother's sarma recipe will come shortly...
Drink:
Ask the expert on vodka: Just Like Water, But Better
What are you drinking tonight at midnight? The Friday…
There are 21 days until the Science Blogging Conference. We have 200 registered participants and a few people on the waiting list. The Sigma Xi space accommodates 200 and we have ordered food for 200 and swag bags for 200. Apart from the public list, we also have a list with a couple of…
Idoli, the best of the Yugoslav 1980s New Wave.
Plamene zore bude me iz sna
Fabricka jutra, dim iz dimnjaka
Pesma se ori, mladi radnici
Celicna jutra, hitam fabrici.
Drugovi moji, radni, veseli
Bicikle voze, ponositi svi
Drugovi moji, radni, veseli
Pobede nove nosicemo mi.
Sunce vec greje, vetar…
Adult Male Chimpanzees Don't Stray Far From The Home:
When it comes to choosing a place to live, male chimpanzees in the wild don't stray far from home, according to a new report. The researchers found that adult male chimps out on their own tend to follow in their mother's footsteps, spending…
There are 22 days until the Science Blogging Conference. We have 200 registered participants and a few people on the waiting list. The Sigma Xi space accommodates 200 and we have ordered food for 200 and swag bags for 200. Apart from the public list, we also have a list with a couple of…
Zdravko ÄoliÄ was hugely popular in the late 1970s and 1980s. I was a kid when he filled the Red Star Stadium (which normally seats 90,000 people for the soccer games, when the field itself is not full of people). It is incredible to see him coming back after a 15-year break, visibly older (and…
They come and go. The good blogs. Kate has decided to stop posting (but not delete) her magnificient Anterior Commissure. Perhaps it's because the topic is of interest to me: hormones and behavior, or because the topic is of universal interest - sex, or because of her personality shining through…
Two grape genomes were published this year, one in Nature, the other in PLoS ONE. Larry Moran explains the methodologies and results of both and discusses the trustworthiness of each. The Nature paper is explained in The Grapevine Genome, and the PLoS ONE paper is discussed in The Second…
There are 22 days until the Science Blogging Conference. We have 200 registered participants and a few people on the waiting list. The Sigma Xi space accommodates 200 and we have ordered food for 200 and swag bags for 200. Apart from the public list, we also have a list with a couple of…
Plavi orkestar (Blue Orchestra) is one of the most popular bands from the territory of former Yugoslavia. Founded in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hezegovina in 1983. Plavi Orkestar / Blue Orchestra is described by music encyclopedias as one of the "cultural phenomenons of the 1980's and 1990s" (5 million…
Yup, I had sarma for dinner tonight. It's been a while since the last time I had some, but Mrs.Coturnix fixed it today, inventing her own recipe along the way. It was delicious!
On Fridays, I take a look at what's new in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Pathogens, Computational Biology and Genetics. Here are some of my picks for this week:
Neglected Diseases and Poverty in "The Other America": The Greatest Health Disparity in the United States?:
Large numbers of the…
In the wake of the signed omnibus bill that funds NIH and ensures open deposition of NIH-funded research, here are some thoughtful questions:
Why the NIH bill does not require copyright violation:
The great advantage of the requirement to deposit in Pubmed (rather than simply to expose on a…
