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
Linnaeus' Legacy No. 14: A Carnival of Diversity, is up on Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Carnival of Education, #201 is up on Scheiss Weekly
Carnival of Homeschooling #154: Anniversary Gifts, is up on The Daily Planet
Why Some Bird Species Lay Only One Egg:
Why do some species of birds lay only one egg in their nest, while others lay 10 or more? A global study of the wide variation among birds in this trait, known as the "clutch size," now provides biologists with some answers. The study, published in the…
Each time we re-read a book we get more out of it because we put more into it; a different person is reading it, and therefore it is a different book.
- Muriel Clark
There are 9 new articles in PLoS ONE today and they are, like, totally awesome!
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, Connotea, Stumbleupon…
Hourglass VI: A carnival of biogerontology is up on Ouroboros
Encephalon 60, A Neuroscience Blog Carnival, is up on Living the Scientific Life
Grand Rounds 5:12 - Healthcare Reform Q&A - is up on Sharp Brains
The first 25 registered participants who sign up here will get to taste some delicious coffee and discuss the science of coffee at Counter Culture Coffee in Durham (map) on Friday, January 16th at 9:30am. Use the same wiki page also to organize carpooling (locals, please offer to give rides to…
Journalists are fantastically capable of forgetting the he-said-she-said False Equivalence mode of dishonesty if they are themselves one of the sides. In that case, they quote only the "skeptics" side, not the side that may have actually something intelligent to say about the matter.
Watch this…
Tina writes - Kinesthetic Learners: Why Old Media Should Never Die:
.....Many classrooms, however, don't offer this type of kinesthetic learning. The hands-on learner is left to fend for themselves and more often than not the only physical interaction they get is with the learning material itself.…
Krugman goes to Stockholm to get a Nobel and give a speech, posts his slides on his blog and apologizes for "light blogging lately" using a LOLcat.
The future is bright....
Why do you care about and/or work in museums? Nina has her own reasons:
I don't work in museums because I love them. I didn't grow up staring open-mouthed at natural history dioramas or wandering through art galleries. When I visit a new city, I don't clamor to visit museums. I go on hikes. I go to…
Pulitzer Prizes Broadened to Include Online-Only Publications Primarily Devoted to Original News Reporting:
New York, Dec. 8, 2008 - The Pulitzer Prizes in journalism, which honor the work of American newspapers appearing in print, have been expanded to include many text-based newspapers and news…
There are 14 new articles in PLoS ONE today, as well as new papers in PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine.
As always, for PLoS ONE articles, 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…
If you agree with this petition, sign it:
Dear President-Elect Obama,
We congratulate you on your historic victory and welcome the change that your election promises to usher in for our nation. As leaders in the sustainable agriculture and rural advocacy community we supported you in record numbers…
If you don't follow the PLoS Blog (you don't? really?), you may have missed a series of posts we recently started, interviewing some of our authors and academic editors, who reveal the behind-the-scenes thoughts about the process. Check out interviews with Jeremy Farrar, Dario Ringach, Ivan Baxter…
News from Science Commons:
Today, we are proud to announce the release of Science Commons' first informational video. The video was directed by renowned director Jesse Dylan, the director of the Emmy- award winning "Yes We Can" Barack Obama campaign video with musical artist will.i.am from the…
As you know, a portion of the Friday program at ScienceOnline09 is organized by Duke WiSE. They have now put up a webpage with additional information.
In short, if you have signed up for the conference and checked the "I will attend the Friday evening event" box on the registration form you are…
How Shift Workers Can Improve Job Performance And Implement Realistic Sleep Schedule:
A new study in the journal Sleep shows that the use of light exposure therapy, dark sunglasses and a strict sleep schedule can help night-shift workers create a "compromise circadian phase position," which may…
Some say no evil thing that walks by night,
In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen,
Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost
That breaks his magic chains at curfew time,
No goblin, or swart fairy of the mine,
Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.
- John Milton
Food Can Affect A Cell In The Same Way Hormones Do:
VIB researchers connected to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven have discovered an important new mechanism with which cells can detect nutrients. This happens in the same way - and with the same effects - as when cells receive a message from a…
