Silence is the Enemy, but there are Forces of Good

Unfortunately, Sci missed a little of the furor of “Silence in the Enemy”. Something is not happy with her Google Reader. But the response has been AMAZING. Please check them all out if you get the chance, especially as many of the people who posted will be donating to Doctors Without Borders this month. And […]

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Let your clicks ring loud

As you all might have noticed yesterday, Silence is the Enemy is spreading like…only something on the internet can spread. It’s even made the NY Times! It’s wonderful to see something like this capturing so much attention. But this is not just a single day initiative. This is an ongoing, month-long drive to raise as […]

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In which Sci gets Active: Silence is the Enemy

So today is an awareness day. Many bloggers around the science blogosphere and abroad are spreading the word about what’s going on. We are not powerless, and we should not sit by and say “it’s half a world away”. In the age of the internet, that’s not so far.

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Sci’s Guide to Lab Cuisine

Tonight, Sci is in the lab. It’s 11:40pm, and counting. I will probably cop out shortly before 1am because I’m a chicken that way. Been here since 8am, when I found out that the freezer that stores my carefully sampled fruit slices had become unplugged the previous evening. Water all over the floor, and all […]

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Win Sci a Quark!

Isn’t “quark” a great word!?! Quarkquarkquarkquark. I think it may have more appeal than “spork” and that’s saying something. Hehe. Quark. Anyway, it turns out that 3 Quarks Daily is handing out QUARKS! They are handing out awards for science, arts and literature, philosophy, and political blogging on the two solstices and two equinoxes. As […]

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Encephalon Issue…whatever

Is up! And we’re in it. Two posts on Opponent-Process theory! I highly recommend this edition, there’s an entire section on addiction, including an article on the addictive potential of marijuana, and another on the myth of dopamine and pleasure (ain’t pleasure, it’s…salience…sort of…of value-related stimuli). Also, check out Juniorprof today, great post up on […]

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