There’s a story that’s been flying around the internet (I saw the first bits this morning), that a group of scientists have found changes in brain activity associated with hyposexual desire disorder. Dr Petra and Maria Wolters and I got to chatting about it on Twitter, and wanting to find out what to REALLY think, […]
Reader David sent me this paper the other day, and asked if I could blog about it. I said ok, maybe, and then I read… …”Gene therapy”… …oooooh… Sounds very cool, doesn’t it? Sounds like the FUTURE! Where’s my JETPACK!!!?!?! But of course “gene therapy” is kind of a buzzword. A lot of people throw […]
Hey all. So Sci’s now not-so-trusty laptop has crashed and burned for the final time, and is getting some surgery involving a replacement hard-drive. Assuming it works (and the hard-drive isn’t DOA), I will RETURN! And if it doesn’t…well, we shouldn’t go there. EDIT: IT’s ALIIIIIIIIIVEEE!!!!!! WOOOOO!!!! I shall resume the science blogging anon!
You guys, there is SO much science out there. SO MUCH. Grrl and I agree, so much to blog, so little time. Anyway, I found this great paper in the latest Table of Contents for Nature, and went “ooooh, must blog!” And then SciAm beat me to it. No fair, I bet they had it […]
Sci isn’t feeling very well today folks. She hit the wall during one of her training sessions VERY hard yesterday, and is still trying to convince her weary legs to carry her about the lab with her normal alacrity. So I’m gonna go on a brief rant on the subject of supplemental data. You were […]
Last week I began a breakdown of this paper. It’s a much more complicated paper than I usually cover round here, and I will also be covering it in more depth than usual, because I think there are a lot of things about it that are worth discussion, and I think that even this kind […]
The charming (and handsome!) GG of Skulls in the Stars sent me this fantastic gem of an old paper, and I can’t resist. Sadly, I just missed this month’s edition of the Giant’s Shoulders, but perhaps this will make next month!! Beholde! An affair with a Rattle-fnake! And an excuse for Sci to talk lieke […]
So Sci was sitting in a seminar the other day. We were mentioning this paper, some problems we had with it, some of the things we LIKED about it, and various approaches, etc, in our usual sciencey fashion. As the discussion got intense (in a good way), one of the PIs there leaned over and […]
So if you don’t know what Quidditch is, you either have been living in a hole or haven’t heard of Harry Potter. Which probably means you’re living in a hole. Also, Sci identifies as a Ravenclaw, thank you. 🙂 Quidditch is a game played by wizards on broomsticks. The idea is that you have a […]
So I heard recently the IgNobels were announced!!! I <3 the IgNobels. Someday, Sci would like to be JUST famous enough to live blog the IgNobel ceremony and cover all the winners. SO FUN. But until that day, Sci will have to cover them from afar! And to that end, I thought it’d be fun […]