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
There are 16 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…
This planet has or rather had a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the…
There are 37 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…
Today, four of seven PLoS journals published new articles. I took a look and picked (under the fold) those I found interesting and/or 'bloggable'. 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…
It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up - that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.
- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Last week I went to Sigma Xi to hear Dennis Meredith speak about Explaining Research. I posted my summary of his talk over on Science In The Triangle blog so click on over.....
Carnival of the Blue #36 is up on Observations of a Nerd.
Circus of the Spineless #50 is up on Arthropoda.
Scientia Pro Publica #28 is up on Mauka to Makai.
There are 32 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…
Continuing with the tradition from last two years, I will occasionally post interviews with some of the participants of the ScienceOnline2010 conference that was held in the Research Triangle Park, NC back in January. See all the interviews in this series here. You can check out previous years'…
The Submission form is here so you can get started. Under the fold are entries so far, as well as buttons and the bookmarklet. The instructions for submitting are here.
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A Blog Around The Clock: What does it mean that a nation is 'Unscientific'?
A Blog Around The Clock:…
In ten days, new Periodic Tables:
May 11, 2010 at 7:00 P.M.
The Importance of Being Dad: Paternal Care in Primates
Although human males often get criticized for being "deadbeat dads", the truth is that compared to most mammals, human males are simply outstanding fathers. Join us as Dr. Susan…
Dynamically Programmable Alarm Clock:
Though it ignores biology - the sleep cycles (which some alarm clocks now measure and use) - this is nifty nonetheless.
I posted 153 times in April.
First, importantly, I again committed scienceblogging in April, with the post Evolutionary Medicine: Does reindeer have a circadian stop-watch instead of a clock?.
April focus appears to be Twitter - hence two posts specifically about it: Twittering is a difficult art…
Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can - and surely will at times - fail. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.
- Dr Joyce Brothers
James Hrynyshyn has renamed and moved his blog, Island Of Doubt to a new place, still here on scienceblogs.com, Class: M. Adjust your bookmarks and subscriptions.
I And The Bird #124 is up on Birds, Words, & Websites.
Berry Go Round #27 is up on A Neotropical Savanna.
Four Stone Hearth: Number 91 is up on Sexy Archaeology.
The latest Change of Shift - Vol. 4, Number 22 - is up at Emergiblog.
Friday Ark #293 is up on Modulator.
Man always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much - the wheel, New York, wars and so on - while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time.
- Douglas Noel Adams
Four out of seven PLoS journals published new articles today. Under the fold are those I personallyt found most interesting and/or 'bloggable'. 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…
Alice Wilder (@alicewilder) - Psychologist and maker of Kidos, Blues Clues, Super Why and Think It Ink It
Beth Blecherman (@techmama) - Cofounder of SiliconValleyMoms and Editor CoolMomTech
Maya Bisineer (@thinkmaya) - founder of @memetales
Stephanie Aaronson (@SAGalluch) - Senior Director, PBS…
Marc Sirkin (@autismspeaks) - Chief Community Officer, Autism Speaks
Ray Chambers (@Malaria_Envoy) - The United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Malaria
Stefanie Michaels (@adventuregirl) - Travel Expert:
There are 31 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…
