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
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Three out of ten Republican presidential candidates raised hands in the recent debate indicating they do not believe in evolution. Jason has an excellent round-up of responses (Arianna Huffington rocks!) with some good comments by readers as well. How can you help combat scientific ignorance? If…
Tatjana Jovanovic is a fellow escapee from Serbia and a fellow biologist. She got her MS in Biology at the University of Belgrade and has collected enough data before emigrating to be able to immediately get a PhD if someone would sponsor her here. She is currently in Arizona, but she is moving…
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes - and ships - and sealing-wax -
Of cabbages - and kings -
And why the sea is boiling hot -
And whether pigs have wings."
- Lewis Carroll
I know it's almost halfway between the first and second Science Blogging Conference, but reviews of the first one are still coming out. Check out the latest one, written by Eva Amsen and published by 'Hypothesis' yesterday.
Street Sense won the Derby in style. He hung back in 19th place (out of 20 horses) for most of the race. About 3/4 miles before the end, jockey Borel switched to a new gear and stepped on the gas. He passed all but the last two horses by riding on the rail - all the other horses (and it was…
Writing actual science posts takes a lot of time, research, thinking and energy. I assembled a large pile of papers I want to comment on and I actually started writing posts about a couple of them already, but Real Life interferes...and it is so much easier and quicker to post a short opinion-post…
..and not just debates and C-span in an election year. I am unlikely to miss the three legs of the Triple Crown in any given year. Tomorrow at 6pm ET is the Kentucky Derby and I'll be watching!
Which of these new terms you particularly like or dislike? Do the Lulu.com survey:
"BLOG", "BLOOK", "BLEADER" AND "BLAUTHOR"
- WHICH IS THE UGLIEST, OR COOLEST, BLOGGING TERM OF THEM ALL?
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This year marks the tenth…
Weekend is coming so you'll have some time (at least at night) which can be spent in much less useful activities than reading these three articles:
12 Important U.S. Laws Every Blogger Needs to Know
A Blogger's Disclaimer
The Definitive Guide to Semantic Web Markup for Blogs
Yes, the Scienceblogs.com is invading the Facebook! You are free to join the ScienceBlogs Fan Club, the Order of the Science Scouts of Exemplary Repute and Above Average Physique and /or The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. See ya there.... Next step: MySpace!
Making the second Science Blogging Conference even bigger and better, we are happy to announce that the January 19th, 2008 meeting will be hosted by Sigma Xi (publishers of American Scientist) in their gorgeous new building in the Research Triangle Park. Their conference facilities can house more…
Arunn and Selva are wondering why more Indian scientists don't write blogs, while Danica wonders the same about Serbian scientists. I guess every nation will have its own idiosyncratic ways of getting there, but it is also important to note that in the USA where most of the popular science blogs…
Sleep Deprivation Can Threaten Competent Decision-making:
Gambling is a risky activity that can potentially result in the loss of a significant amount of money. A study published in the journal SLEEP finds that sleep deprivation can adversely affect a person's decision-making at a gambling table by…
I don't watch TV almost at all, but I turned it on for a minute earlier today. I thought it was some kind of monthypythonesque satire, or perhaps that the 'American Funniest Videos' has really reached the bottom of the barrel since I last saw it several years ago...but then I noticed the title of…
There is a new (nice and long) article by Laura Bonetta about science blogging in today's issue of the journal Cell.
Bloggers on A Blog Around The Clock, Pharyngula, Aetiology, Framing Science, The Daily Transcript, Sandwalk, In the Pipeline, Nobel Intent, Useful Chemistry, De Rerum Natura and…
Next Carnival of the Liberals will not be held here as previously announced. I will host on the 23rd of May instead. Next week the carnival will be hosted by That Is So Queer... instead.
NPR has started a year-long series on climate called Climate Connections. The other day, they broadcast the first in a series of their educational segments, starting at the very beginning: the carbon atom. You can read the intro here and watch the video here but just listening to the audio in the…
I know, I know, many people are still skeptical, but opening one's lab notebooks is a part and parcel of the new world of Open Science. There is an opinion piece about it in Nature (also available on Nature's Nautilus blog). Attila Csordas added some very important points today, reminding…
Spiked and Pfizer are asking:
'What's the Greatest Innovation?' is a survey of key thinkers in science, technology and medicine, conducted by spiked in collaboration with the research-based pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Contributors were asked to identify what they see as the greatest innovation…
Rob identifies some old pernicious frames, makes suggestions how to counter them and offers more modern ways to frame the question of copyright in this three-part post:
Empty Rhetoric: 'Intellectual Property Is Property!'
Copyright and scientific papers
Copyright is Censorship
Of course, I was not the only one commenting on the recent duck phallus paper. You should check out the other blogospheric responses, e.g., by Carl, PZ, RPM, Grrrl, Laelaps, Neil, Belle, Zuzu, Guru and many others.
Unfortunately, most people link only to each other, or to the press release, or to…
