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
Last week I asked if you would be interested in my take on this paper, since it is in Serbian (and one commenter said Yes, so here it is - I am easy to persuade):
Stankovic Miodrag, Zdravkovic Jezdimir A., and Trajanovic Ljiljana,
Comparative analysis of sexual dreams of male and female students (…
(November 28, 2005)
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Many people are apologetic about checking Sitemeter and Technorati, as if that was something to be revealing of vanity and to be embarassed about. But those two are essential tools in the conversation.
You have to…
People ask me that question often. Many assume that it is because Obama constantly invokes God in his speeches, while Edwards never does. But I know that religiosity is important in American politics today. Hopefully one day it will not be, or even better, overt religosity will become a handicap…
Do it for Charles Musters!
Or do it for Charles Darwin.
Or do it for the fun of sailing.
But do it nonetheless:
...send in a Darwin (£10) or a Jackson ($20), spread the word, encourage colleagues to bookmark the site and root through their labcoat pockets for a donation...
Check the website and…
Seventeen out of eighteen Whooping Cranes from the Operation Migration were killed by the recent storm in Florida. The one survivor is being tracked right now via radiotransmitter, so the health state is still not known.
Endangered Shortnose Sturgeon Saved In Hudson River:
For the first time in U.S., and probably global, history a fish identified as endangered has been shown to have recovered -- and in the Hudson River, which flows through one of the world's largest population centers, New York City.
Multiple…
A good reason not to de-blogroll blogs on hiatus - they may come back as much as TWO YEARS later. Like the I Love Colonoscopies blog just did. I know you want to click on that link and explore the archives. Go ahead!
I don't know how many of you check out the constantly growing list of links to posts that cover Basic Terms And Concepts in Science, but you should. Our Seed Overlords are cooperating and will soon set up a place where all those posts will be re-posted, commented upon, edited, etc. - a one-stop…
About two days ago, about 120 local bloggers (their e-mail addresses probably taken from the local - and now obsolete - Triangle Bloggers MeetUp.org page) got an e-Vite to this:
You are cordially invited to attend to the NBC 17 Triangle Blogger Community Ascertainment.
What: NBC 17 holds…
Now that the Seventh Book is available for pre-order (and beating all the records, not to mention being #1 on Amazon), there is gooing to be a lot of blogospheric speculation about it, e.g., who dies, what happens and how it ends. So, between now and July 21st, as well as afterwards, read the…
A number of science bloggers are doing the Just Science Week, pledging to write about science every day, and ONLY about science.
While I was planning to write more about science anyway, I cannot promise not to blog about evrything and anything else that strikes my fancy at any given time - that…
First, PZ, now Phil Plait (aka Bad Astronomer) - the science bloggers are starting to invade the pages (online and hardcopy) of Seed Magazine. The lines are blurring. The old media model is crawling slowly towards the ash heap of history....
Alan Sokal (famous for attacking the Lefty postmodernist abuse of science in the 1990s) and Chris Mooney (famous for attacking the Republican War on Science in the 2000s) sat down and wrote an excellent article in LA Times that came out today:
Can Washington get smart about science?
The article…
The very first blog carnival, the Carnival of Vanities was invented here, in Chapel Hill.
The very first state-based blog carnival, the Tar Heel Tavern was invented here, in Chapel Hill. There were about a hundred editions of this weekly carnival so far and the Second Anniversary is approaching…
I don't know why the big boys are purging their blogrolls. I prefer to grow mine:
Spheroid
A Geocentric View
Drawing The Motmot (classic archives)
Drawing The Motmot (current)
The Easthom Page
Harter Learning
Jim Buie's blog
An Online Communities Blog
Robots Will Take Over!
Perhaps not as bad as Zeno, but close.
At least I used to watch, when I was a kid, whenever Yugoslav national teams in various sports played at big international competitions like Olympics, World Championships and European Championships. I watched Red Star soccer team demolish all of its European…
Russ, correctly, points out that the new UN report on Climate Change says not a word about the impact global warming will have on ecosystems, plants and animals (including the human animal).
Global Warming threat may be even harsher than the latest UN report suggests, but the Wingnuts want to make sure we teach the kids quite the opposite. Yeesh!
A-ha! Finally! Now I understand the connection between Creationism and the overall anti-sex sentiment of the Fundamentalists!
New reseaarch shows that E.coli swim upstream due to the Design of their flagellum! And where do they swim from and swim to? Yes, you guessed it right! And you can also…
Think again! Not just that we have already started planning for the NEXT year's Science Blogging Conference, but Anton is taking the lead in organizing another one this summer. And if all you liked at the SBC was dinner (and please do tell us if that was the case), you are definitely going to…
Researchers On The Path To Building Bone:
UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) researchers have developed a method to increase bone density in mice, a development that might have future benefit for humans in the treatment of osteoporosis and bone fracture. The research, published in the Jan.…
I was in the middle of writing a serious review of a paper meant for Friday Weird Sex Blogging, when reading this paralized me (hopefully only transiently and I will finish it by next week).
So, when in trouble, I can always go back to Physics Of Sex and see if Buzz has someting new up. And he…
A few weeks ago I mentioned (and kinda joked about it - see the accompanying images) a study about the adaptive function of the giraffe's neck. Now Darren Naish goes into more detail about the study and does it much more seriously than I did. And John Wilkins adds a historical context (to which I…
