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
There are 89 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 96 registered participants and if you do not register soon, it may be too late once you decide to do…
More than 234 journals throughout the world will simultaneously publish articles devoted to the topic of poverty and human development tomorrow, on October 22nd, 2007. You can get more information, including the links to all the participating journals at The Council of Science Editors.
Out of…
I just realized that I stupidly did not notice that my flight to Milwaukee tomorrow is at 6am instead of 6pm and I apparently cannot change that now. So, I am in a panic, trying to get some work done on a Sunday afternoon instead of tomorrow. If you are in Milwaukee, give me a holler - I'll be…
Heather Morrison:
Opposition to open access continues, while anti-OA coalition attempt implodes
Would a bold politician speak up for an unprecedented public good?
Full OA is a reasonable position, plus, compromise takes two!
Peter Murray-Rast:
Reconciling points of View
Deepak Singh:
Steve Brenner'…
E-mail I got yesterday - please spread this around ASAP:
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The Senate is currently considering the FY08 Labor-HHS Bill, which includes a provision (already approved by the House of Representatives and the full Senate Appropriations Committee), that directs the NIH to…
Yes, you may have heard the big news that Professor Dumbledore is out of the closet. As if it was big news - it was so obvious. Watch the Far Right throw a hissy-fit about it anyway.
And yes, Jim Neal, the Democratic candidate for Senate, challenging Elizabeth Dole here in North Carolina, is also…
There are 90 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 96 registered participants and if you do not register soon, it may be too late once you decide to do…
New articles in PLoS Pathogens, PLoS Computational Biology and PLoS Genetics were published on Friday. My picks for this week are:
Influenza Virus Transmission Is Dependent on Relative Humidity and Temperature:
In temperate regions influenza epidemics recur with marked seasonality: in the northern…
Power Of Altruism Confirmed In Wikipedia Contributions:
The beauty of open-source applications is that they are continually improved and updated by those who use them and care about them. Dartmouth researchers looked at the online encyclopedia Wikipedia to determine if the anonymous, infrequent…
There are 91 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 95 registered participants and if you do not register soon, it may be too late once you decide to do…
I am at ConvergeSouth right now. I did my session on Science 2.0 yesterday - it went smoothly. The meeting is fun as always. I am taking pictures and talking to all sorts of interesting people. I will have a more detailed report when I come back home late tonight or tomorrow morning.
There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.
- Johann Sebastian Bach
There are 92 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 95 registered participants and if you do not register soon, it may be too late once you decide to do…
Feeling Sleepy Is All In Your Genes:
Genes responsible for our 24 hour body clock influence not only the timing of sleep, but also appear to be central to the actual restorative process of sleep, according to research published in BMC Neuroscience. The study identified changes in the brain that…
I and the Bird #60 is up on Science And Serendipity
Change of Shift: Volume Two, No. 10 is up on Emergiblog
Carnival of Space #25 is up on Sorting Out Science
The 94th Carnival of Homeschooling is up on The Thinking Mother
The new channel landing pages are up and running. The photos on the landing pages will rotate on a weekly basis. The Sb overlords are always on the lookout for new images to appear there and our readers are a great source for such pictures.
So, you can have your images dispayed there as well.…
On the Oxford University Press Blog, two useful articles:
Grant Writing: Things That You Can Do To Learn Scholarship
Behavioral Science Grants: Surefire Tips and Pointers
Three good talks at Duke this Fall:
This year's series explores how advances in neuroscience, genomics, robotics, and artificial intelligence are not only changing our conception of what it is to be human but also creating possibilities for changing 'human nature' in fundamental ways.
Monday,…
Nice interview in Grist magazine:
The new book is called In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. It's a book that really grew out of questions I heard from readers after Omnivore's Dilemma, which was basically so how do you apply all this? Now that you've looked into the heart of the food system…
There are 93 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 95 registered participants and if you do not register soon, it may be too late once you decide to do…
Dawn Of Animal Vision Discovered:
By peering deep into evolutionary history, scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered the origins of photosensitivity in animals. The scientists studied the aquatic animal Hydra, a member of Cnidaria, which are animals that have…
Everyone at PLoS has been so busy lately, that we all forgot to check our calendars and note some important anniversaries!
PLoS is turning 5 in December.
PLoS Biology turned 4 last Saturday.
PLoS Medicine is turning 3 this Friday.
PLoS ONE passed the 1000-article mark last week.
PLoS ONE will be…
