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
You may remember Dr.Charles whose blog was here on Scienceblogs.com for a while two years ago. He took a hiatus from blogging, but is now back at it with a vengeance at his new site which I warmly recommend you visit.
Today's post is interesting - and not just because it is partially about a PLoS…
The World is a radio show co-produced by WGBH Boston, Public Radio International and BBC. You can probably hear it on your local NPR station - if not, you can find all the shows recorded on the website.
You may remember that I went to Boston a few months ago, as a part of a team of people helping…
Do you want to tear your life apart and get rid of everything you've known as a lifestyle? Like seeing your family? Being with your friends? A fishing trip? A hunting trip? A night's sleep?
- Walter Frederick Mondale
Change of Shift Volume 4 Number 3 is up at Man-Nurse Diaries
Four Year Anniversary I and the Bird #106 is up on 10,000 birds
Scientia Pro Publica #9 is up on Pleiotropy
Here are the submissions for OpenLab 2009 to date. As we have surpassed 250 entries, all of them, as well as the "submit" buttons and codes and the bookmarklet, are under the fold. You can buy the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions at Lulu.com. Please use the submission form to add more of your and…
North Carolina Snakes: Facts and Fiction
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
6:30-8:30 pm with discussion beginning at 7:00 followed by Q&A
Location: Tir Na Nog 218 South Blount Street, Raleigh, 833-7795
Did you know that North Carolina is home to almost 40 species of native snakes and all but six of them…
There are 19 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with…
Here are the submissions for OpenLab 2009 to date. As we have surpassed 240 entries, all of them, as well as the "submit" buttons and codes and the bookmarklet, are under the fold. You can buy the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions at Lulu.com. Please use the submission form to add more of your and…
There is a new science blog on the block, right here in the Triangle - the Wild Muse, written by DeLene Beeland who is a freelance science journalist and writer (and a twitterer).
The blog will mostly cover the 3 Es: ecology, evolution and environment. The first posts are Urban bird strikes,…
Monday - time to check out PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine and PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, as well as, of course, PLoS ONE.
As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various…
Our photoblog, Photo Synthesis gets a new photoblogger every month or so. Today we have a change of the guard and welcome B. N. Sullivan of The Right Blue blog who specializes on underwater photography - go say Hello.
Seed Magazine's series, Revolutionary Minds, which highlights people who work on…
SciBling Walt Crawford indulges himself in some prognosticating about the (non)demise of various physical means of delivering information: music, films, magazine, newspapers and books. He takes a cautious, conservative tack there, for the most part. I am supposed to be the wide-eyed digi-…
