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
P is a popular letter so the list is longish. As always, check it out: bad links? Let me know. A super-find you are very happy to discover? I'd like to know. A grave omission? Tell me in the comments...
Pacific Institute Integrity of Science Blog (old)
Pacific Institute Integrity of Science…
Did mammoths scratch themselves against rocks?
Parkman believes, and he has a growing body of evidence to prove that mammoths and other large Ice Age creatures once used these very rocks near Duncan's Landing, along the Sonoma Coast State Beach, to scratch their backs. He claims the giant mammals…
Douglas Erwin reviews "The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution" by Sean B. Carroll.
Wallace Arthur talks about his favourite books.
According to Sitemeter (and its proverbial undercount), the 200,000th visitor is currently on this site. He or she is in Petaluma, California and came to this post from the Last-24Hours page. Why don't you leave a comment?
Here's another topic seen through the Lakoffian looking glass (July 23, 2005):
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Why is there a widespread belief that the difference between patriotism and nationalism is one of degree: loving one's country versus loving it even more? I think that the…
This does not have much to do with circadian oscillations, or even the daily rhythms of human mating, but a much faster rhythm of human mating - you know what I'm talking about...
The fascinating new blog, The Physics of Sex, explains the physics in great detail and gives you ideas for your own…
I mean, er, an entomologist with a keen interest in insect sex? If so, you can buy this cool poster (pdf). More info on the poster is here. Shopping info is here.
Sea Urchin Genome Suprisingly Similar To Man And May Hold Key To Cures:
Sea urchins are small and spiny, they have no eyes and they eat kelp and algae. Still, the sea creature's genome is remarkably similar to humans' and may hold the key to preventing and curing several human diseases, according…
Or the Carnival of the Godless? You can mine this site for ideas. Ooooh, scientific materialism! Scary! Papa Jeebus, protect me, please, because I am a coward!
A few days back, Alex posted about a new, easy way to calculate one's Hirsch Number ("H-Index"), a widely used measure of one's publications' worth. Yup, I did it for me and no, I am not telling you my number....
The site that published this, The Epidemiologic Enquiry, now that I had some time to…
Promoting Ethics in Science:
Increasingly, journals are appearing in front page scandals that expose undisclosed industry support of research and scientists who have faked results. Blackwell Publishing, trying to prevent such problems, recently released a comprehensive guide on publication ethics…
2006 Weblog Awards finals are now open for voting. The main menu is here. You can vote once per 24 hours over the next 10 days.
You can go directly to the Best Science Blog category and...good luck! Is there a science blog on the list anyone can NOT like?
Medical Blogs? Orac? Cheerful…
Interspecific Communicative and Coordinated Hunting between Groupers and Giant Moray Eels in the Red Sea:
The article offers a description and accompanying videos, such as the one showing a grouper and eel swimming side by side as if they are good friends on a stroll. It also offers quantification…
Amanda just reviewed Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma and also recently wrote a post on the same topic while under the influence of the book. I agree with her 100%, so go and read both posts.
I have read the book a couple of months ago and never found time to write a review of my own…
It's Thursday, so it is time for the next portion of my BIO101 lecture notes (May 15, 2006). As alway, I'd appreciate corrections of errors, and suggestions for improvement.
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Cell Differentiation and Embryonic Development…
The 49th Meeting of The Skeptics' Circle is up on Autism Street.
Four Stone Hearth Anthropology Blog Carnival - 4th Edition - is up on Yann Klimentidis' Weblog.
Circus of the Spineless #15 is up on Words & Pictures
The 28th Carnival of the Feminists is up at Diary of a Freak Magnet.
Revere reports that there is a new article in Nature (pdf) demonstrating even stronger scientific support for the innocence of the Tripoli 6, the one doctor and five nurses facing a possible death penalty in Libya. The final verdict will be read on December 19th. The international pressure from…
Pendulums, Predators And Prey: The Ecology Of Coupled Oscillations:
Connect one pendulum to another with a spring, and in time the motions of the two swinging levers will become coordinated. This behavior of coupled oscillators---long a fascination of physicists and mathematicians---also can help…
The Tangled Bank Survey #68: The Voyage of Discovery is up on Down To Earth. Captain Daniel Collins commandeers H.M.S. Tangled Bank full of ship naturalists.
