The call, half roar, half terrifying honk of annoyance, echoed across the room. From the depths of a warm, comfortable nest, the monster stirred. Something was prodding it out of its lurid, murky dreams. “brrt, brrt, brrt… …brrt, brrt, brrt…” Snarling, the beast surged from the bed, lunging over to the alarm clock placed irritatingly […]
Sci loves it when she’s famous. This is mostly because it never happens in real life. But you will ALL know who Sci is when she TAKES OVER THE WORLD. Mwah ha ha ha. And now, as part of my new plan for world domination, there’s an interview with me over at Bora’s place!! Truly, […]
First off, how many is a “few”? I mean, I think of a “couple” as two, and a “few” as three. But what does that make five? “Some”? Anyway, please head on over and congratulation Southern Fried Scientist for his Quark win!!! 3quarksdaily picked his post on dolphin-safe tuna for their quark award! I’m so […]
Looks like I got cornered by Ava over at Paw Talk for an interview. Go check it out. We talked about animal intelligence, modeling diseases using animals, and my stupid cat’s antics. Good times!
Sci got home last night to a rather interesting occurrence. A bat in the house. Myotis lucifugus, I’m pretty sure. One of these: Rather cute, right? Except for the teeth thing…and the rabies vector thing… It was flying around in a truly panicked manner, and would only come to rest in places too high for […]
Sci is exhausted and hasn’t had more than her first cup of coffee this morning. She will try to get back to neurotransmitter stuff this afternoon. But there are some things you should check out! 1) Scientia Pro Publica is up, and there’s some good stuff in it, including coverage of sex week! 2) Drugmonkey […]
Sci has not had time to get heavy with the science. This is because she took the weekend off to hang in Philly. And it means I got to see the Mutter Museum of Medical Oddities!!! Apparently, in the olden days, they used to give gentlemen a drink of sherry before the viewed the exhibits, […]
This guy is awesome. In fact, this guy makes me wish that awesome was a verb, so that I could say that “he awesomed around like there was no tomorrow.” Pop Sci reports that Carlos Owens of Wasilla, Alaska built his own 18 foot tall robotic exoskeleton in his backyard because…you know…he can. He acknowledges […]
Tonight, Sci is in the lab. It’s 11:40pm, and counting. I will probably cop out shortly before 1am because I’m a chicken that way. Been here since 8am, when I found out that the freezer that stores my carefully sampled fruit slices had become unplugged the previous evening. Water all over the floor, and all […]
Isn’t “quark” a great word!?! Quarkquarkquarkquark. I think it may have more appeal than “spork” and that’s saying something. Hehe. Quark. Anyway, it turns out that 3 Quarks Daily is handing out QUARKS! They are handing out awards for science, arts and literature, philosophy, and political blogging on the two solstices and two equinoxes. As […]