Sci came across a post by Jeremy Yoder at the Molecular Ecologist the other day. It was “Knowing what I know now” and was a set of reflections grad school. It’s full of great gems of advice. And it made me think of some advice of my own! There are LOADS of things that I […]
Oxytocin always makes a lot of press. It plays roles in reproduction and mating behavior, social bonding, behavior related to morality. To call it “the love hormone” as some people like to do, is to grossly oversimplify the things that it does, something which can even be dangerous. And it also, in my opinion, really […]
As we all know, science funding these days is really hard to come by. Rejection rates for federal grants are up over 80{9f43b4361d9a125bc126dd2a2d1949be02545ec69880430bc4fed2272fd72da3}. Labs are more and more expensive to run as more high tech equipment is required just to get the funding in the first place. And that’s not even going into the money […]
Sci is at SciAm Blogs today, this time with a repost from 2011, which looks at what happens in the brain when music gives you “chills”. Does music give you chills? Which kinds? And do you know what happens when it does? Head over and check it out.
Today’s Sunday Funny comes to you courtesy of Biochembelle. It’s not a bad paper at all, in fact it’s very useful, but the title is particularly well chosen. Sometimes you just gotta go for the low hanging fruit…
Today’s Friday Weird Science comes courtesy of Marc Abrahams of the IgNobel prizes who sent me this fabulous study. Because who doesn’t love some sheep? Shearing sheep is not an easy job. When I pictured sheep shearing, I always pictured someone leading in a sheep, and the sheep standing patiently while someone takes some clippers […]
We all know that abuse of cocaine results in some pretty severe effects. Usually we think about addiction. When we think about the acute (immediate) effects of cocaine, we think of things like increased heart rate and blood pressure, and the possibility of heart attack from an overdose. But maybe we should also think about […]
Sci is at SciAm blogs today, where I’m talking about a new study on stress. Because not all stresses are created equal, and sometimes, whether you have control over the stress or not can even provide protection. Head over and check it out.
I may or may not have found this on the internet. Or I may or may not have made this for a friend who has been having a hard time of it. 🙂 Click to embiggen.
Today’s Friday Weird Science comes courtesy of the always fantastic Ivan Oransky, who covered this paper over at Retraction Watch (while the paper has not been retracted, it DOES have retraction in the title, which I’m sure counts for something). When I saw this paper I was reminded forcefully of something my mother once said […]