Today’s Friday Weird Science comes courtesy of Marc Abrahams of the IgNobel prizes who sent me this fabulous study. Because who doesn’t love some sheep? Shearing sheep is not an easy job. When I pictured sheep shearing, I always pictured someone leading in a sheep, and the sheep standing patiently while someone takes some clippers […]
We all know that abuse of cocaine results in some pretty severe effects. Usually we think about addiction. When we think about the acute (immediate) effects of cocaine, we think of things like increased heart rate and blood pressure, and the possibility of heart attack from an overdose. But maybe we should also think about […]
Sci is at SciAm blogs today, where I’m talking about a new study on stress. Because not all stresses are created equal, and sometimes, whether you have control over the stress or not can even provide protection. Head over and check it out.
I may or may not have found this on the internet. Or I may or may not have made this for a friend who has been having a hard time of it. 🙂 Click to embiggen.
Today’s Friday Weird Science comes courtesy of the always fantastic Ivan Oransky, who covered this paper over at Retraction Watch (while the paper has not been retracted, it DOES have retraction in the title, which I’m sure counts for something). When I saw this paper I was reminded forcefully of something my mother once said […]
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One of Sci’s favorite holidays is here! Halloween, where you get to dress up, pretend to eat brains, and most importantly of all, where all the candy goes on SALE. So while Sci is wolfing down truly sickening amounts of sugar, she invites you to take a spooky jaunt into an interesting disorder: LYCANTHROPY. Ah, […]
Sci DID post yesterday, hurricane or no hurricane (The Sci-household is intact and unscathed). I was at SciAm, talking about an fMRI study looking at alcoholism and social exclusion. While alcoholics and controls behaviorally report similar social exclusion, their brains do very different things. A study like this might be helpful to evaluate whether therapeutic […]
Do you remember something that made you like science? Something that made you think “OMG, THIS IS COOL!!!” I know for me, it was the Magic School Bus, nature walks, frog dissections…but mostly it was things that I could do. Hands on activities, where I got to SEE the science happen and know that I […]
Today’s Friday Weird Science is a synchro-blogging with the ever fabulous Kate Clancy at Context and Variation. Because when you see a paper this…special…well sometimes it takes two of us. Make sure you head over and check out her awesome coverage! I don’t know about you all, but when I do anything, I do it […]