Sci is at SciAm Blogs today, writing about exercise and sleep. We all think that exercise should make you sleep like a baby, but well…it may be that sleeping like a baby makes you exercise! Sort of. Head over and check it out. Note: The irony of this post being that I wrote it while […]
It’s starting to come up yearly, or so. Maybe a little less often. It’s like a weather pattern, the blogging El Nino, briefly stirring up, and then going away, somewhat predictable, but just rare enough that you forget. But here it is again, someone telling the world that they don’t understand why people use pseuds. […]
(One of the oldest memes on the internet. And, in my opinion, one of the best) We all worry about stress for lots of reasons: weight gain, depression, headaches, insomnia. But have you ever worried about what stress…is doing to your ‘nads? Well, if you are the common starling, perhaps you should. McGuire et al. […]
We’ve been hearing a lot about sugar lately. Every few years, a new bugbear of diet comes to haunt us. First it was fats. Then it was carbs. Now it’s sugars. Sometimes it’s gluten or cholesterol. And it’s pretty scary to see all the studies come out. I worried about my sugar intake, now I’m […]
I figure it’s about time I finished up the tale of Mr. S and I heading to the “wilds” of the United Kingdom to hike Hadrian’s Wall. It’s funny the relationships you strike up on the wall. A bunch of us, couples, groups of friends, families, are all hiking the same distance per day, often […]
Over at SciAm Blogs, I’m talking about a brand new technique called Arclight, which detects voltage changes in neurons, allowing you to watch as a neuron fires, in real time. It’s pretty cool, and there are videos! Head over and check it out!
It’s summertime, and that means it’s time to head to the beach. And of course, when there’s only a limited amount of beach, a limited amount of summer, and lots of people, well, you get crowded beaches. What’s the first thing that anyone does when they go to the beach? No, it’s not running straight […]
Day 6: The WALL! (Yes. I am standing on a 2000 year old UNESCO World Heritage Site. What did YOU do today?) After a fortifying breakfast (it was make your own, which I really liked, and I have MASTERED the full English breakfast! With beans! Good for hiking fuel, beans) we set off. 15 miles […]
Ok, we’re not to Hadrian’s Wall yet. Patience. Patience. Day 3: Edinburgh, part the third. Did you know that bagpipe renditions of Coldplay exist? I could have gone my entire life without knowing that. Sadly, it was blasting from a souvenir shop. Which means, of course…I had to find it and share it with you. […]
Hi Everyone! I’m back and suffering from a certain amount of jetlag (but since that means I woke up at 6:00am with absolutely no effort, I’m actually not really complaining. I hope it keeps up!). It’s a little scary to return to the wild, wonderful world of the internet, the hundreds of emails and tweets, […]