Sci is at SciAm today talking about the latest paper which may show why we get tinnitus, which is that annoying thing where your ears ring. You can read it over there, and if you feel like, you can comment over there…or over here! It’s up to you. Please ignore the ringing sound, it doesn’t […]
Greg Laden pointed me to this paper the other day. He’s got a write up of it on his blog from an anthropological point of view, and Wired and the Mary Sue both covered the story (though amusingly the Mary Sue reported that only 1 in 10 women COULD orgasm, when in fact it’s the […]
Sci is at SciAm today, looking in depth at this latest paper on probiotics and the behavior of mice. I think the results are promising, but I’m not relying on yogurt to allay my anxieties just yet. If you are interested in what you read, but don’t want to register, you are welcome to comment […]
Today is a fun day here for humor. Stephanie Zvan, newly of Freethought blogs, and I, will be talking about the same paper. We both took away some different things from it, for different reasons, and I think the two posts will give you a really good idea of just how…bad…this paper really is. So […]
I’m guesting over at Janet’s Scientific American place today. Someone went and called her the “Dr. Seuss” of science policy. And when I heard that, well, I couldn’t help myself. The sun did not shine In the laboratory that day as we sat with our gels watching bands slide away I sat there with Sally […]
Man our Guest Blog stints go by quick! It’s now time for new peeps on the Guest Blog, and this time we have Inktopia and Suburban Stone Age! Inktopia is a bit of a departure for us, studying American Lit after the Civil War, but we could also use some smart and funny commentary on […]
Or at least, PARTIALLY in your head. Not all. 🙂 I’m over at SciAm today talking about the role of the brain in muscle fatigue. Check it out!
Two things: 1) Sorry for the recent Scientopia outages! There are some technical problems with a n00b like myself does not understand. But we’re back now! I posted my Friday Weird Science over at Scientific American, where you can read about what happens if you eat too many carrots (really!). 2) Due to recent events […]
And I’m taking on the HFCS issue again. Does it really cause you to gain more weight? If it does…WHY? You can see my previous post on the topic here, and my current one here. Check ’em out!
Hermitage has done it again, and by “it”, I mean her fantastic carnival about women in academia, now with 100{9f43b4361d9a125bc126dd2a2d1949be02545ec69880430bc4fed2272fd72da3} fewer babies! Many women in academia find that “women in academia” seminars and sessions end up dominated by questions of family balance, and while that’s obviously extremely important, there are lots of questions out there […]