Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth. -Robert Frost Two roads diverged, and there I stood Trying fruitlessly to see ahead Tried to divine, as […]
This entry inspired by Sci’s running partner. I can definitely say I have been very lucky in my running partner, in that she is also a scientist and also pretty awesome. Talking about science and being awesome can really eat up a long run. And this past weekend, we ran one heck of a 30K, […]
Editor’s Selection Icon (w00t!) Today’s post comes to you courtesy of Laelaps. Sci’s been wanting to cover sex in other species for a while now (I mean, it’s so WEIRD!), and Laelaps has kindly provided a whole series of great articles!!! This is good, as Pubmed is not particularly informative on other species. The weird […]
Last week I mentioned a blogger (this guy) who has been a real inspiration to me. This week, I’m gonna keep it up. I cannot say whether it will be every week, but there are a LOT of bloggers out there who impress me, so who knows? And this week, I’m featuring this one: This […]
Sci is still tracking her caloric intake every day for the goddess (well, mostly for herself, but also for the goddess). It’s very long, slow haul. Sci still considers days when she eats no more than 2000 calories (preferably a little less) as good days. That may not seem like much of a diet, but […]
It actually came out yesterday, but Sci was crazy busy doing awesome sciency things. I would say I looked a lot like this: (From Girl Genius, which is completely awesome, and which I’ve probably mentioned before. My life is TOTALLY one of adventure, romance, and MAD SCIENCE! You like yourself some awesome steampunk, start reading. […]
So a few days ago, Brian of Laelaps and I had a conversation. The conversation went like this: Sci: Somebody wrote a book where he referred to the “tone” of scienceblogs.com as being bad for science. The book is “Don’t be SUCH a scientist”. Because we are “such scientists”, as in, people who are obsessed […]
Sci is sick today. She’s cuddled up with her tea, and desperately hoping she has a cold rather than the flu. But the weird science CALLS US, precious. No matter how sick. It calls. Judging from the vast number of commercials out there hawking various pills and diets and whatnot, you’d think that erectile dysfunction […]
Sci’s been seeing some things lately, wherein people talk about their favorite science writers/bloggers. In fact, Sci was lucky enough to be one someone’s short list!!! And I think it’s a great idea to recognize bloggers who have influenced us, or who are just simply great, especially if they are out of our area of […]
Sci got this comment to her Ritalin post the other day: It sounds like you are suggesting that cocaine taken in the same form as Ritalin — as low-dose, slow release pills — would produce the same effects as the ADHD medication does. But, clearly, the FDA has seen fit to outlaw cocaine and place […]