First off, how many is a “few”? I mean, I think of a “couple” as two, and a “few” as three. But what does that make five? “Some”? Anyway, please head on over and congratulation Southern Fried Scientist for his Quark win!!! 3quarksdaily picked his post on dolphin-safe tuna for their quark award! I’m so […]
I wanted to draw attention to a new paper in JAMA recently because it reveals a lot about how conditional most of the statements we make in behavioral genetics are. Every time you hear a news article that says, “Gene for depression found,” I want you to think about this case. Risch et al. performed […]
Looks like I got cornered by Ava over at Paw Talk for an interview. Go check it out. We talked about animal intelligence, modeling diseases using animals, and my stupid cat’s antics. Good times!
A few weeks ago, Sci posted on making Lab Cuisine. A couple of people responded well to this, and suggested that I post more on cheap eating as a grad student. Sadly, these people are deluded. Sci can’t cook. At ALL. Lab Cuisine, pasta, and bean stews (which I can make, tho the recipe is […]
Sci got home last night to a rather interesting occurrence. A bat in the house. Myotis lucifugus, I’m pretty sure. One of these: Rather cute, right? Except for the teeth thing…and the rabies vector thing… It was flying around in a truly panicked manner, and would only come to rest in places too high for […]
So basically, the people working on this paper took some detailed electron micrograph pictures of female water strider genitalia, and then they watched a whole bunch of water striders getting it on.
The Silence is the Enemy Campaign continues! Please take a look around the blogs that are participating, there’s some GREAT stuff going on. For a full list, check out the Intersection. And a good number (including this one) are donating their clicks to Doctors Without Borders in honor of Silence is the Enemy. As far […]
The important part of this paper isn’t the figures. It’s the audio files. I’ll be including them in the links, and I definitely recommend a listen
If you want me to stop, I completely respect your opinion. If you want me to stop, find me something else.
Sci is exhausted and hasn’t had more than her first cup of coffee this morning. She will try to get back to neurotransmitter stuff this afternoon. But there are some things you should check out! 1) Scientia Pro Publica is up, and there’s some good stuff in it, including coverage of sex week! 2) Drugmonkey […]