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
Yup, Chris Surridge, Managing Editor of PLoS ONE (and the author of the legendary comment) swung by the Chapel Hill office last night. Since my initial stint was in the San Francisco office, and Chris is working in the Cambridge UK office, this was the first time we met in person. Much fun was…
There are 77 days until the Science Blogging Conference. The wiki is looking good, the Program is shaping up nicely, and there is more and more blog and media coverage already. There are already 113 registered participants and if you do not register soon, it may be too late once you decide to do…
There are 78 days until the Science Blogging Conference. The wiki is looking good, the Program is shaping up nicely, and there is more and more blog and media coverage already. There are already 113 registered participants and if you do not register soon, it may be too late once you decide to do…
The fifth Science Festival is going on right now in Genoa, Italy. It is a longish affair, from 25th October till 6th November, so if you just happen to be in the area you can still make it. They have hundredr of events, e.g., exhibitions, workshops, performances and shows, all related to science…
Scientiae #13 is up on Green Gabbro
I and the Bird #61: As seen on TV! - is up on The Drinking Bird
Circus of the Spineless #26: Like Being Home Again For the First Time - is up on The Other 95%
Let's Play Nurse at Change of Shift at Nurse Ratched's Place
November issue of the Festival of the Trees…
There are 79 days until the Science Blogging Conference. The wiki is looking good, the Program is shaping up nicely, and there is more and more blog and media coverage already. There are already 112 registered participants and if you do not register soon, it may be too late once you decide to do…
I know, I know, technically he was an ape. But the word "monkey" is so much more funny!
Thanks to my high-school friend who found me on Facebook and posted this on my Fun Wall.
These last couple of days were very exciting here at PLoS. After months of preparation and hard work, PLoS presents the latest addition to its collection of top-notch scientific journals. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases went live yesterday at 6:42pm EDT. This journal will be
...the first open-…
WaterBlog: ask an aquatic biologist...
I Love Science, Really
What an untenured college professor shouldn't be doing...
Marcus' World
Before
Health Care Renewal
GoozNews
There are 80 days until the Science Blogging Conference. The wiki is looking good, the Program is shaping up nicely, and there is more and more blog and media coverage already. There are already 112 registered participants and if you do not register soon, it may be too late once you decide to do…
Fossilized Spider, 50 Million Years Old, Clear As Life:
A 50-million-year-old fossilised spider has been brought back to life in stunning 3D by a scientist at The University of Manchester.
Fossilized Body Imprints Of Amphibians Found In 330 Million-year-old Rocks:
Unprecedented fossilized body…
The Boneyard #8 is up on Hairy Museum of Natural History
Carnival of the Green #101 is up on Money and Values
Grand Rounds Volume 4, Number 6 are up on Running a hospital
Radiology Grand Rounds XVII are up on Sumer's Radiology Site
The 96th Carnival of Homeschooling is up on Spritibee
Another Tuesday night, another embarrassment of riches on PLoS ONE (yeah, yeah, I work there, OK). There are 35 new articles published today and it is hard for me to pick and choose as so many are interesting to me, including a couple I may have to write separate posts about (and test the new BPR3…
Last week's PLoS ONE paper, Analysis of the Trajectory of Drosophila melanogaster in a Circular Open Field Arena, is the subject of the newest Journal Club. It is an interesting methods paper, showing the way a camera and some math can be used for a much more sophisticated analysis of animal…
There is just a couple of more days left and my challenge is still at 50% (just 6 donors!) so I am panicking. There are several projects that are completely funded and several others that are still far away from the goal, but lots and lots of small donations can make it happen.
Every challenge…
If it was Friday and if I still had the time, energy and inspiration for Friday Weird Sex Blogging, I would definitely write something snarky about this latest study - of a four-headed penis of the Echidna. But the topic fits nicely into the Halloween theme if things like these scare you ;-)
In…
Rockridge Institute published a set of articles (and a video ad) that I found quite interesting about the way to frame health care. See for yourself:
Introduction to Rockridge's Health Care Campaign:
Framing for Rockridge is about the honest expression of the progressive moral view based upon…
There are 81 days until the Science Blogging Conference. The wiki is looking good, the Program is shaping up nicely, and there is more and more blog and media coverage already. There are already 112 registered participants and if you do not register soon, it may be too late once you decide to do…
Do you agree that Naked Mole Rats are beautiful? Does it irk you to no end when you hear someone state that they are ugly? Does it make you mad when the MSM, oblivious, ignorant and insensitive, repeats that standard denialists' trope? Are you sick-and-tired of the "he-said-she-said" journalism…
Mo the Neurophilosopher awarded me with a coveted prize - the Intellectual Blogger Award, bestowed to....
...those bloggers who demonstrate an inclination to think on their own. This is what I think is needed in today's blogosphere. The term 'Intellectual' has often been derided in recent times,…
