ScienceOnline ’09 and some Housekeeping

And now we’re back. The last weekend, Sci spent her time at ScienceOnline ’09, the yearly aggregate of science. Every year, the blogging salmon make their way home to spawn, to go to sessions, and, of course, to drink a LOT. It was Sci’s first time, and she had a BLAST. I think I spent […]

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Friday Weird Science: Things you shouldn’t do “for kicks”

Not only are these things you shouldn’t do for kicks, but things that you should NEVER EVER have your friends do to you at a bachelor party. Those people are not your friends. You’d think that, no matter how drunk you were, you wouldn’t agree when someone said “Hey, let’s see if we can fit […]

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Apparently I’m missing things

So apparently there’s a WHOLE NEW SPARKLY SHINY BLOG on here! I think I’m missing emails from teh overlordz here (did I say overlords? I meant protectors!). But anyway, Dr. Pal, formerly of the fabulous denialism blog, has resurrected his OWN blog, White Coat Underground, here at ScienceBlogs! It’s on medical ethics and stuff. It’s […]

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Life as a Guinea Pig: The Pain Study

Over my years as a grad student, I’ve been a guinea pig for more than a few research studies. Most of the people leading the studies are fellow grad students (I’m never involved with the work at all), and it’s good to help them out. A lot of times the studies are kind of cool […]

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The Neuroscience Abounds!

I’ll admit, life’s been crazy around here. Barely enough time to check the blogs what with prepping for ScienceOnline ’09 (Everyone come to my Blogging on the History of Science panel!), prepping everything in the lab so the lab continues to run while I’m AT ScienceOnline ’09, and keeping the hot science running on a […]

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Korsakoff’s Psychic Disorder in Conjunction with Peripheral Neuritis

Does the name Korsakoff ring any bells for you? How about Wernicke? And what about Wernicke-Korsakoff? Ok, it may not mean much to you right now (except as a hyphenated name guaranteed to give some poor kid fits when they have to fill in the bubbles on the SAT), but after today, I hope it […]

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Ooh, Shiny New Publishing Platform

Testing…testing… Unlike other bloggers who apparently sat in corners with their laptops, rocking back and forth and hitting refresh over and over again, Sci only did that a FEW times (and it’s really only because she’s sadly addicted to things like her email). More importantly, Sci spent her weekend with Mr. SiT, building her very […]

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OH NOES!

As I’m sure you guys have heard from the other SBlings, the site is going dormant for a bit while we upgrade to a better publishing platform. You’ll still be able to see the posts, but no new posts will go up, and commenting will be down. This means you MUST COMMENT NOW OR FOREVER […]

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Pregnant? Still drinking that pot of coffee?

As all y’all know by now, I’m an experienced caffeine junkie. Currently, I’m trying to forgo it again (this Diet Coke right here is merely an aberration, do not look at the caffeine behind the curtain…). But really, it’s everywhere around us. Somehow I don’t think it was QUITE so prevalent until the age of […]

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