Sci’s over at Scientific American today, giving a guest post on the recent findings of reboxetine…the antidepressant that couldn’t. (Source)
Sci’s over at Scientific American today, giving a guest post on the recent findings of reboxetine…the antidepressant that couldn’t. (Source)
Sci just got back from vacation and on to the internets, and, as they say in the internet world, my tubes are clogged. (Source) BUT! I’ve been reading the advice of you all on how to blog basic science better (and more questions will be coming on that)! And to that end, I have created […]
Sci got very interested in the responses to her last post asking educators (and others), if they used my blog in teaching and why. I’d like to follow up more on this, and ask another question: What are the signs of a good basic blog? Breadth of coverage? In depth? Cited sources? What makes a […]
You all may remember when a certain political candidate made a comment concerning fruit fly research. It seemed like half the world reacted with “yeah, fruit fly research is dumb! Let’s cure cancer!” while the other half went “hey, I think that’s probably important…” and tried to come up with examples. And while we’ve obviously […]
It’s electric. (Sci would like to note that she does a GREAT Electric Slide. I am quite the hit at weddings.) Action potentials are special to me. They are special to me because action potentials are what got me into science in the first place. Well, ok, they didn’t really get me in to science. […]
Sci has officially returned from vacation! I wish I could say I was glad to be back…but…well…I mean, I did miss you all, but Sci has spent the last few days recovering from her vacation, and some of it was spent feeling like this (I love hungover owls, they satisfy almost all of my humor […]
This one is for the ladies: And today I present you with the man himself: Ernst Grafenberg, discoverer of the G spot, and, only slightly less well-known as the inventor of ‘the ring’ and its potential use in contraception. It’s weird, historical science time. Grafenberg, E. “The role of urethra in female orgasm”. The International […]
Yup, you knew it! Let’s go back to basics. Let’s talk about ERECTIONS. Deng et al. “Real-time three-dimensional ultrasound visualization of erection and artificial coitus” International Journal of Andrology, 2006. I would have loved to see the advertisements for this study: “Men needed between ages 18-65 for study of erection and coitus. Must have no […]
This is post 5 in my ongoing, now-approaching-behemoth-size series of posts on depression. I’ve got other posts available on the etiology of depression, the current pharmacotherapies, studying depression in the lab, and the serotonin theory of depression, which of course you can read and refer to if you’re curious. This post will be on what […]
Yeah, today’s a big day, there’s a LOT I’ve written on depression, but do not fret, we will get through it all!!! You can’t get through a whole day on depression without talking about some serotonin a little! Hang on to your hats: Serotonin Oh yeah, she went there. Photo courtesy of The Loom […]