Everyone seems to know that smoking is bad for you. If lung cancer doesn’t scare the crap out of you, emphysema certainly will. And most people now know that it would be better for their health if they quit. Unfortunately, quitting is EXTREMELY hard to do. Nicotine is an incredibly addictive drug, and it, and […]
You’ll totally want to head over and check out the guest blog over the next two weeks!!! Currently we have the group from Le Physiologiste. Le Physiologiste is based in Quebec, and their English and French posts are well worth the read!! It’s really lovely to see an entire lab blogging together on awesome science! […]
There will be no NORMAL Friday Weird Science this week. Sci’s got something special coming at ya! Keep your eyes peeled. But of course, I couldn’t just do a week without doing my NORMAL weird science, right?? Ok, I’ll be honest, nothing else really appealed to me and…it’s SNAILS IN SPACE. You know what? […]
This morning, Sci is on the Scientific American Guest Blog, talking about that new paper that’s out on whether serotonin turns mice gay. Guess what I think…go on, guess!!! Or you can just go read it. 🙂 As you might imagine…it just isn’t that simple. Make sure to also check out the excellent post on […]
One of the hardest parts about treating psychiatric illness is deciding which drug to use. Hopefully most doctors are not too swayed by the Paxil pens or Prozac magnets that end up in their offices (though that’s a great way to get those names to the top of the recall list), but often, no matter […]
NOTE: Sci received word on 3/26/2012 that this study will be RETRACTED, due to “lack of approval of the article by co-authors, lack of evidence to justify the accuracy of the data presented in the article and overlap of data and figures between this article and two others”. So take this study with that much […]
I’d heard for a long time that various antidepressants (usually the SSRIs or TCAs) caused weight gain. Then again, I’d heard they caused weight LOSS as well. Same thing with sleep, with eating behavior, with anxiety, etc. Some people experience weight gain, some experience weight loss. Some sleep more, some sleep less. Some are more […]
As you probably know by now, Scientopia has an awesome Guest Blog!!! We switch it up every two weeks, and this time we’ve got Rue Mapp from Outdoor Afro, a fabulous blog focused on connecting African Americans with the outdoors. Make sure to check her out!!
I know Alexis blogged this just a few weeks ago, but a study this good CANNOT pass without me wanting to read it. And when I read, I must comment! And my comment? The moral of this story: dang people are JERKS. Territorial jerks. (Source) Ruback and Jueing. “Territorial Defense in Parking Lots: Retaliation Against […]
I want to start this post off with a video: This is Mrs. Ida Keeling, a woman who has been breaking running records since she first started training at at 67. She’s now 95 and America’s oldest sprinter. And she is INSPIRING. I hope I’m just like her when I’m old, working out and strong […]