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
The guy who prvided the initial audio file of his amazing conversations with Verizon reps has now set up a blog about it. You can read the transcript, check the comments, find new developments on the case, and discover new similar cases.
Verizon is in trouble - see just how many blogs are…
Grrrl, PZ and John will be panelists at the Media Worskshop during the next SICB meeting. You bet I am jealous! SICB is the coolest of all science meetings ever!
Their workshop is about science blogging:
Media Workshop: Hey, Wanna Read My Blog?
Blogs are online "diaries" that are growing in…
How does that work? (April 03, 2005)
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Alcohol 'binges' in rats during early brain development cause circadian rhythm problems
Rats are nocturnal animals and normally begin their activity slightly after darkness sets in. The rats that had been exposed…
The Synapse #13 is up on Neurocontrarian. Go take a look.
This will be the last edition of The Synapse. The two neuro-carnivals are going to fuse into one, so in the future, only submit your entries to Encephalon.
From Hot Springs To Rice Farms, Scientists Reveal New Insights Into The Secret Lives Of Archaea:
In the world of microbes, as in politics, some groups just can't seem to shake the label ''extremist.''
Another Boost For Stem Cell Research:
In the wake of the Australian Senate's decision to pass the…
Lots of Rs....
Radioactive Banana
Radiology Grand Rounds
Ragesoss 2.02: Academics and Scholarship
Ragesoss 2.03: Nerdy Stuff
Raleigh Philosophical Society
Rambling Thoughts of the Prof Bil The Man
Ramblin' Prose
Random Access Mazar
Random John reloaded
Random Ramblings
Random thoughts
Random_speak…
Nature is going crazy starting a bunch of new blogs:
* Methagora: The Nature Methods blog and comment forum.
* Nautilus: A blog for past, present and future authors.
* Peer-to-peer: A blog for peer-reviewers and about the peer-review process.
* Spoonful of Medicine: Musing on…
In Memoriam
Louie adopted my mother-in-law. He lived outside and roamed that small block of houses. He was killed by a car about a month ago. This is the only picture of him, which my daugther took last summer.
Thanks to The Science Pundit for alerting me to this amazing animation (now also for sale as screensaver):
Secret Worlds: The Universe Within:
View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a…
At the Age 91.
SANTIAGO, Chile -- Gen. Augusto Pinochet, who overthrew Chile's democratically elected Marxist president in a bloody coup and ruled this Andean nation for 17 years, died Sunday, dashing hopes of victims of his regime's abuses that he would be brought to justice. He was 91.
Any more blogs starting with Q?
The Quantum Pontiff
Quantum Quandaries
Quark Soup
Querencia
The Questionable Authority (old)
The Questionable Authority (new)
The Quitters
Qulog 2.0
Quoth the Raven
Previously (I have just updated most of them with new blogs. Please add suggestions at any time in the…
From QOTD:
The Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel died at San Remo, Italy on this day in 1896. Under the terms of his will, his estate was arranged so as to grant prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Medicine or Physiology, Literature, and Peace, these five prizes were first awarded on the fifth anniversary of…
From Merriam-Webster:
Pecksniffian ⢠\pek-SNIFF-ee-un\ ⢠adjective
: unctuously hypocritical : sanctimonious
Example Sentence:
"His book suffers from excessively long harangues against Pecksniffian prigs and temperance types who, he claims, are still trying to ruin our fun." (Mark D.…
Sleep Problems -- Real And Perceived -- Get In The Way Of Alcoholism Recovery:
The first few months of recovery from an alcohol problem are hard enough. But they're often made worse by serious sleep problems, caused by the loss of alcohol's sedative effects, and the long-term sleep-disrupting…
The protist and the virus appear to be helpful to each other:
HIV cripples the infected person's immune system which allows malaria to thrive. Similarly, individuals with malaria have recurrent feverish periods during which the viral load increases by a log factor. Higher viral loads mean that…
Yes, you read that right. Our soldiers in Iraq will run the marathon at the same time as the Honolulu race and will be considered to be contestants in the Honolulu marathon. But the whole thing is not just for fun - there is something much more inportant going on here and something you can help…
PZ probably already knows about this, but I found this discovery of super-reflective skin cells in squid, cuttlefish and octopus quite amazing!
Hanlon's team discovered that the bottom layer of octopus skin, made up of cells called leucophores, is composed of a translucent, colourless, reflecting…
Mark points out to this amazing example of innumeracy:
Yup, it is 25 minutes long and it is frustrating as hell. And there is no resolution in the end.
To make a long story short, the guy went to Canada and before the trip he asked Verizon what his charge would be while there. He was quoted 0.…
As a part of the Hardball College Tour, Tweety will be in Chapel Hill on Tuesday at the Memorial Hall, chatting for an hour with John Edwards. Tickets are free if you can come, or just watch on Tuesday night.
Though likelihood is small, it is not totally impossible Edwards may use this opportunity…
Go check out The Mill and Carrboro Commons.
The Mill Editor did some digging and found that a lot of cool scientific research on climate is being done locally.
