A Letter to a Grad Student

Sci was racing through the corridors of her MRU the other day, taking piles of papers hither and yon, and generally taking care of business. She was on her way out when she saw a girl (she was young and tiny, though probably over 21) come flying out of the bathroom and take up a […]

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In which Sci is Famous!

Blogging has truly made Sci famous this day! Her parents have been waiting for it for years. Every time Sci says “Hey Sci-Mom, I won an award”, or “Hey Sci-Mom, I got a link in the NY Times” or “Hey Sci-Mom, Sci is awesome!!!”, Sci-Mom will sigh and say, “yes, dear, but is it in […]

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An Open Letter: Pubmed

My Dearest Pubmed, You and I have always had our ups and downs, like that time when you were down for 24 hours for NO REASON AT ALL, and the times when you return me hilarious responses to my admittedly rather silly searches (like the time I puts “peeps” into pubmed. Try it sometime). But […]

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Friday Weird Science: Coke Bees.

Sci was going to try and stick with the sex this week, but this paper reminded her SO much of this article in the New Yorker, which then reminded her SO much of that awesome YouTube video, and the next thing you knew Sci had to blog bees on crack. It’s how I roll. But […]

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Dopamine and Obesity: The D2 Receptor

Sci would like to note that today’s entry is being written on the adorably tiny screen of her netbook, which is named Ruby. Everyone say hi to Ruby! Unfortunately, this is because her wireless on her normal computer suddenly decided that it was too good for her modem. Perhaps it’s an April Fool’s Day joke. […]

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Dopamine and Obesity: The Food Addiction?

Sci picked this paper today partially because it was handed to her on a platter by the fantastic Dr. Pal, and partially because today she is SO HUNGRY. She’s had a TON of food already today, and is still entirely ravenous. Maybe it was looking at this paper too long. (Cereal break) Anyway. As I’m […]

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Make New Friends, But Keep the Old.

Sci admits she’s kind of had her head in the sand the past few weeks for a variety of reasons. And so it was to her great surprise when she was scrolling through Scienceblogs that she saw that OBSERVATIONS OF A NERD IS HERE! Sci highly recommends her weekly dose of cute, as well as […]

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Friday Weird Science: Why does coffee make you pee?

Last week during Weird Science, Sci got to hear a lot more about people’s urine odors than she probably ever REALLY wanted to know. But hey, why be shy? And so you may imagine that urine and fluids have been on Sci’s mind a little bit lately. Another thing has also been on Sci’s mind: […]

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Ask Scicurious: So you want to be a biomedical grad student…

A few days ago (ok, maybe it was more than that, the days kind of blur together), Sci got an email in her inbox, and the instant she got it…she knew she had to address the crowd. For it went like this: O neuroscientist-who-have-come-before-me, I am a neurobiology undergrad. I am looking at graduate programs. […]

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We can has Awardz!

So as Sci found out when she returned from the interminable meeting of doom and destruction, WE HAS AWARDS! Neurotopia is the winner of the best blog award in Neuroscience! Sci is very pleased. We would like to thank the Academy…and Research Blogging, and everyone else! w00t! Also, Sci would like to say that she […]

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