When I saw this article in the NY Times, I literally ignored everything else around me for about ten minutes straight. Working in drug abuse research (as I do), I get a lot of questions from people asking a) what they can do to get off drugs, b) how different drugs work, and c) why […]
I’m BACK! Finally, a return to wireless. Granted, I’m sitting in an airport, but that’s long enough to bang out a post, right? The real work can wait, my brain is still on vacation. I hope you all got what you wanted for the holidays, and that Santa left PhDs in your stockings, or tenure, […]
So this isn’t necessarily weird science, in that it’s not something so odd and out there you’d never see it. It’s more that the reason behind the phenomenon is a little funny. I’m at a time of life where all my friends are getting married. And once they get married, they start spawning. I’m a […]
‘Twas the night of experiments, and all through the lab All attention focused on the shape on the slab. All electrodes were strung outside to the air In hopes that some lightning soon would be there. The lab techs in their lab coats, and myself in mine Settled down with some coffee to wait for […]
I was very pleased when I received my first ever book from a reader! Granted, it was Mr. SiT, but still, I was pleased. It was a copy of “Welcome to your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life” by by Sandra Aamodt […]
I was GOING to write a really awesome sciency-post today. I was. But then I went to the lab, and then I had to prepare to go out of town, and then…ok, I’ll admit I spent about an hour of the time I should have been blogging reading Rowling’s “The Tales of Beadle the Bard”. […]
Although all entries were required to be submitted on Dec. 18th, the REAL birthday of PLoS ONE is today, Dec. 20. Bloggers were asked to submit entries based on articles from PLoS ONE, and the entries would be judged. And guess what?! SCICURIOUS FOR THE WIN!!! Seriously, I’m so pleased that the judges thought my […]
So I was GOING to do a post on Fournier’s gangrene, but considering the way it completely grossed out everyone I showed it to, perhaps it’s not such a good idea. I’d hate for you all to run screaming. So we’re not doing it. If you’re REALLY curious, you can look it up, but I […]
I already wrote one entry for PLoS ONE’s second birthday, but I’m feeling sparky today, and I think I like this paper better. I don’t know about you guys, but when I was a sprog, my parents dragged me to music lessons. LOTS of music lessons. As of right now, I have been producing music […]
It sounds like the beginning of a joke: Why do dolphins carry sponges? To…um…to…well technically, it’s to scoop up fish, but that’s not funny…to get to the other side? No? Dang. This paper from PLoS ONE has recently been covered by the illustrious Ed Young (he of the recent book publication!), but it’s PLoS ONE’s […]