One of Sci’s favorite holidays is here! Halloween, where you get to dress up, pretend to eat brains, and most importantly of all, where all the candy goes on SALE. So while Sci is wolfing down truly sickening amounts of sugar, she invites you to take a spooky jaunt into an interesting disorder: LYCANTHROPY. Ah, […]
Sci DID post yesterday, hurricane or no hurricane (The Sci-household is intact and unscathed). I was at SciAm, talking about an fMRI study looking at alcoholism and social exclusion. While alcoholics and controls behaviorally report similar social exclusion, their brains do very different things. A study like this might be helpful to evaluate whether therapeutic […]
Do you remember something that made you like science? Something that made you think “OMG, THIS IS COOL!!!” I know for me, it was the Magic School Bus, nature walks, frog dissections…but mostly it was things that I could do. Hands on activities, where I got to SEE the science happen and know that I […]
Today’s Friday Weird Science is a synchro-blogging with the ever fabulous Kate Clancy at Context and Variation. Because when you see a paper this…special…well sometimes it takes two of us. Make sure you head over and check out her awesome coverage! I don’t know about you all, but when I do anything, I do it […]
We often view peer pressure as a bad thing, you know, the kind of thing that makes a 10 year old smoke a cigarette or something. But peer pressure, or the more scientific term of social conformity, is not actually inherently a bad thing. Being sensitive to other people’s opinions can help us get along […]
Sci is a bit late to the party, but I’m delighted to announce that my Donor’s Choose Page is now live! I’ve got a link to it in the right sidebar down there… … … … …ok it’s down there keep scrolling. Or you can just head to the page via this link here! Please […]
Sci is at SciAm Blogs today, talking about an interesting new study which uncovers the mechanisms behind the waking effects of hypocretin. Take that, sleeping beauty. Head over and check it out.
Today’s post comes from the kind offices of Marc Abrahams, the genius mind behind the IgNobel prizes, and the wonderful person who sends Sci the best, and sometimes the worst, hilarity that science has to offer. And today we’ve got a special one. A paper that shows you that you can find a correlation anywhere, […]
Hello from the Society for Neuroscience meeting! Sci is headed home shortly. It’s been a fabulous time, meeting new people, seeing old friends, and seeing the hottest new science! It’s an overwhelming experience, but I always come away with a head full of new ideas, a liver crying for mercy, and renewed enthusiasm for the […]
Today’s Friday Weird science isn’t so much weird as it is Society for Neuroscience-themed. Though I suppose it could be considered weird in the sense that it was done very badly. The question is this: when standing at your poster this year at SfN…what WILL you wear? Forget the question of suit vs slacks vs […]