Well, not FASTER, per se, but your gamma oscillations in the hippocampus appear to become more powerful! Want to know what that means? And what it might have to do with moving quickly? Sci is at SciAm Blogs today talking about a paper showing increase power of gamma oscillations in the hippocampus which go along […]
When I first heard about giant sperm, I thought those MUST be the greatest. I mean, why have a giant copulatory organ when you can let the sperm speak for itself? Some species of ostracods (a type of crustacean) can have long sperm that are TEN TIMES the body length of the ENTIRE ANIMAL. I […]
I think we’ve all had that kind of pain. A headache, maybe, or an injury. The kind of pain…that THROBS. You know what I mean. When I get one of those throbbing headaches, it’s like every beat of my heart is pushing the blood up through my brain, and with the blood comes another throb […]
Sci is at SciAm blogs today, talking about a paper that covers a topic that I hadn’t really given much thought to before: how can your brain tell how far away a sound it when you hear it? Head over and check it out.
You know, science requires a lot of courage. It takes courage on behalf of the scientists, trying new things, developing new techniques. And it takes courage on the part of the participants. It takes a really courageous person to give birth in an fMRI. To orgasm in an fMRI, to have SEX in an fMRI, […]
(Source) Sci Am Blogs is one year old today! And to celebrate, I’d like to find out about YOU. WHO…are YOU…? Taking a page from the illustrious Ed Yong today, and I want to know who you are. I know that many people find it a hassle to comment at SciAm, so here is the […]
Today is Independence Day in the US, and I figure Sci deserves a day of independence herself. So if you need me, Imma be over there doing the traditional 4th of July things. Thanks everyone and we’ll see you tomorrow!!
Sci is at SciAm blogs today, talking about a cool new study which might bring a new player to the antidepressant game: neuritin. While the stress and depression link is pretty well known by now, neuritin is new, and might end up being something cool! Head over and check it out!
Today’s Friday Weird Science comes to you courtesy of the perspicacious Ivan Oransky, who was kind enough to send me this paper. And this paper is great. It’s proof that anything is worth measuring if you do it in an fMRI. Like peeing! Have you ever wondered what happens to your brain when you pee? […]
Things I should have been doing today: 1. Working on a paper 2. Running an experiment 3. Wrangling students 4. Planning more experiments 5. Reading some lit 6. Preparing a talk 7. Other Basic daily list, and much less than I often deal with (example, no teaching at the moment and the exam doesn’t have […]