First off, Sci would like to extend a pleased and blushing THANK YOU!! to all the people who voted for her in the Three Quarks Daily Contest. We’re in the top 20!!! I’m so thrilled by all the love. And by the fact that hyena mating is CLEARLY some sweet stuff. Well, of course it […]
…and things to think. First off, a big welcome to the newest SciBling, Maryn of Superbug!! Always great to have someone else on board for the cool diseases. Secondly, Sci’s tattoo has been featured in the bibliography of academic tattoos at the Fashionable Academics! Go over and check out the other stuff, there’s some lovely […]
This post comes to you courtesy, actually, of Sci-Dad, who sent an email to Sci saying wasn’t this cool. Sci then showed it to Mr. SiT, and he was very intrigued, and insisted she cover it. Sci kind of wanted to make cake balls. Maybe that will be tomorrow. OM NOM NOM Anyway. Colzato et […]
Sci’s not a poet And she knows it. Ok, but for today. There once was a cool science website Who once yearly chose to invite All bloggers far and near To submit blog posts here To pick one that is most best and bright. So Sci did submit to their list A post of weird […]
Sci, like everyone else around here, isn’t immune to the sands of time. She’s getting older, along with all of her friends, who are pairing up and settling down. This means two things: 1) Sci has been a bridesmaid SIX TIMES and counting so far. The tales she could tell… 2) Sci friends are having […]
This is another post in Sci’s investigation into the current studies being performed on eating disorders, particularly binge eating and bulimia. Usually I try to focus on the dysregulation of reward-related systems in these disorders, but this paper will be a little different. Faris et al. “De-Stabilization of the Positive Vago-Vagal Reflex in Bulimia Nervosa” […]
Everyone once in a while, someone sends Sci email. Often it’s silly. This one, however, was very good in that it asked for some clarification on a series of posts that I’ve been working on looking at clinical depression and possible causes and treatments, including neurogenesis in the hippocampus, cell cycle controls, and CREB. And […]