Sci has been running the protocol from hell for the last two days. I only just got home from the lab, and I’ve got no cool new science for you today. And so Sci will be a terrible person and present you with this repost. Because I’m lame. And because soon, I will be asleep. […]
And the various ideas behind why it hurts SO good. Sci is at SciAm Blogs today talking about the runner’s high, what might cause it, and WHY it might exist in the first place. Head over and check it out!
I got wind of this study on the twitters today, courtesy of Jennifer Oulette at Cocktail Party Physics. The instant I saw the words “snake” and “PMS”, well, I knew where this was going. Because ladies, the most important thing you need to know is that when you’re PMSing, you will be a snake hunter […]
The next two weeks, the Scientopia Guest Blog will be featuring Alma Dzib Goodin, who normally blogs at “talking about neurocognition”. Alma has three posts up already, on Brain and Life (a good introduction!), Science and Social Impact, and The brain and its understanding of the world. Head over and check it out!
Sci’s post had to go up late today due to embargoes, but I’m at SciAm talking about what happens in the brain when songbirds become deaf, which causes their songs to degrade. It’s a really interesting study with some cool techniques. Head over and check it out!
Or baloney. Horrible even. Sci is at BlogHer today taking my delicate little claws to a “study” done by AshleyMadison on which men are most likely to cheat. Yes, THAT AshleyMadison. 4 ways to tell when a study probably isn’t good science. 🙂
Or rather…what genetics might be partially responsible for people who sing in groups? I’m at SciAm Blogs today, covering a paper that not only looked at the genetics of choral singers vs non musicians, but it used the polymorphisms in the study to create…a choral piece. There is a link to listen at the end […]
It’s a common assumption. We see a guy with a bit of a gut, and we just automatically think…he must like his beer. The idea of the beer gut is strong in Western culture. People talk about trying to lose it. Hipsters talk about trying to gain it. That chick from Pulp Fiction thinks they’re […]
It seems to me that my Twitter feed has filled, a little more than usual, with young scientists writing the dreaded dissertation. This always takes me back (ok, it was like 1.5 years ago. Whatever) to that dreaded time when I, too, was writing the dissertation and wishing passionately for an end to the PhD. […]