Exercise: Feeling the burn is good for your brain

I’m a big proponent of exercise. I’m a runner, and when you’ve had a stressful day, it’s amazing what a good run can do to make you feel better. I’ve noticed for grad students (at least at my school), when the going gets tough, the tough play sports, or go the gym. The other half […]

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Why, yes, it IS TB of the Left Testicle…

Weird Science is going up late this week, sorry guys. But it’s weird science AND historical science, which makes it double cool. Also, NEW site from Zooillogix, and it’s the CUTEST THING EVER. Called zooborns, you just want to cuddle everything on the site. It will definitely cheer you up after a bad day. So […]

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Today’s Links

Giant’s shoulders is up at second order approximation! You can check out my post on Aristotle, as well as a really cool post from Providentia on Freud (always a good topic), and a post on the structure of DNA from The Big Room (I wish I’d thought of this one…). Cognitive Daily also has a […]

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OMG, oldest TB evar!

This is one of those weeks where there is SO much to blog about and so little time to do it in! How shall I ever get to it all! This article actually came out on Tuesday, which means of course that others have now been there before me, but I like this paper a […]

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Remember the Old Days?

Along with my passion for science (say it with me, “SCIENCE!” Don’t you feel awesome now?), I have a passion for history. I love history books (yes, really) and history podcasts, and nothing is cooler than when Mr. SiT takes me to see historical stuff (well, ok, unless we’re going to a Natural History museum, […]

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Show me the DATA!

I realize it’s been a few weeks, but I’m FINALLY getting a look at all the responses that poured in in response to this post. I’m a good little scientist, and we all have to look carefully at our data. Not all the comments were on here, a bunch of them were over on BoingBoing […]

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You think your phantom limb is bad, check out my phantom erection!

For Friday Weird Science, there is really nothing better than a good case report. And you guys are getting a GOOD one this week. Partially because it’s really good, and partially because I have just returned from the bachelorette party of a dear friend. So you now get to meet FUN Scicurious! And see how […]

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Morning updates

Lots of stuff going on these past few weeks. Do I have time to actually TELL people about them? Of course not. So ya’ll get my time between meetings today for me to let you know! First off, everyone probably already knows, but there’s a science blogging conference coming up! It’s Science Online ’09, and […]

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Good Advice, Part 2

So I’ve been thinking of ways to make some of my more science-y blogging come across to those with less in the way of science backgroud. There was a suggestion that I try categorizing the posts into easy, intermediate, and difficult, but I wouldn’t want people to give up on something they may potentially find […]

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Friday Weird Science: Men Watching Women Strut

I actually heard about this paper from the glorious Dr. Isis, who covered it a few weeks ago with her usual panache and sparkles. Since I read her post, I’ve been itching to get my hands on this paper, but for some reason the journal was denied me, until this very lovely guy named Matt […]

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