Electricity, Brain “Disruption”, and Math

Sci got an email the other day. Ok, I get lots of emails, but this one asked a cool question, which is always nice. All it asked for was an opinion on an article in Scientific American: “Get Better at Math By Disrupting your Brain“. Sci looked. Was intrigued. Read the actual paper…and found the […]

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So you want to Start a Science Blog?

Sci is thrilled to have been invited to guest post over at the brand new blog Science of Blogging, a blog which explores how to blog about science, and issues that can come up. Sci has shared her somewhat paltry wisdom on the subject of starting a science blog ALL YOUR OWN, and she would […]

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The Flying Snake Portion of your Dissertation Work…

Sci usually blogs about things related to health, being a biomedical scientist as she is. But this, this is AWESOME. COMPLETELY AWESOME. It’s people. Tossing snakes. From towers. And it made me think so forcibly of the Snake Fight Portion of One’s Thesis Defense (which is brilliant and should be required reading for every grad […]

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The Coolest 6 Animals EVER

Otherwise known as Cracked’s “6 Animals that just don’t give a F***” I linked this on Twitter, but it’s JUST SO AWESOME. I am going to watch this mongoose video every time I feel blue: From the article: On the one hand, you’ve got the very emblem of evil and sin — a scaled, wriggling […]

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I’m on a Podcast!

Check it out! Travis of Obesity Panancea and I discuss a recent article I blogged on curing your aging synapses with diet and exercise…sort of. And make sure you check out Obesity Panacea, where we’ve got the figures and pictures to go along with the podcast. Like following the bouncing Sci!

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New Blog! The Science of Blogging

Sci received information about this new blog over the weekend, but didn’t get a chance to blog about it til now.  It turns out the the fabulous Peter and Travis of Obesity Panacea have started a new OTHER blog, this one about how science blogging (called, strangely enough, the Science of Blogging), and the promotion […]

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