Sci’s Coffee-sipping round-up #6

Happy Halloween! I mostly consider it an excuse to eat candy. And drink coffee.   Monday: Can’t sing on key? Blame your brain.ow.ly/TQm8M From #sfn15 on true tone-deafness. Yes, bacon is now classified as a carcinogen. But look at the relative risk CAREFULLY. ow.ly/TQwHg One mathematician’s formula suggests that all-male lineups don’t “just happen.” The […]

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Sci’s Coffee-sipping round-up #5

It’s been a fabulous week in Chicago my friends, at the greatest show on Earth, the Society for Neuroscience conference. Much science was learnt. Much coffee was consumed. And the Twitter links? The twitter links kept coming! (Yeah) But by the end I have to say, I hit peak science. Or peak socialization. One of […]

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Embracing the B Word: Branding and Social Media

Last week, I and some very fantastic, hard working colleagues put on a panel at the National Association for Science Writers conference in Cambridge, Mass. We decided to discuss branding, what we think of it and how it relates to the social media world we inhabit today. And we asked for a LOT of participation. […]

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Sci’s Coffee-sipping Round-up #4

This past week, I hurtled back and forth from the National Association of Science Writers meeting in Boston, back to Washington, DC, and then slingshotted off again to Chicago for the Society for Neuroscience meeting (where I’m giving a talk on Monday! Should be interesting! Come on out). There is not enough coffee in the […]

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Sci’s Coffee-Sipping Round-Up #3

It’s a big month for me. Fall is scientific meeting time, and that means I am flying hither and yon, and spending way too much time smelling airplane exhaust. But what have I been tweeting about? Grab some coffee. Sip with me. Monday: There is now an insurance code for being attacked by an orca. […]

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Sci’s Coffee-sipping Round-Up, #2

Because every week is a big week for science. But THIS week…well I guess Mars water made for an important Monday? The only order the links are in is the order in which I posted them. So sit down, pour some nice fresh coffee or tea, and sip with me. Let us stroll back through […]

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