Mr. S showed Sci something hilarious today when she got home from work (yes, she works on a Sunday. She’s a post-doc). The something he showed was this: This is the geek heirarchy (bigger version here), and is a basic flow chart of who is considered to be the most nerdy among the nerds, […]
Sci is a huge coffee fan. If that comes as a surprise, you clearly don’t know her well. And a few weeks ago she thought maybe she’d start reviewing some coffee. Last time, I sipped through Philz Ambrosia, Coffee of God from Philz coffee in San Fransisco. This week’s is another from their brand, the […]
So Sci was feeling rather…uninspired for this week’s weird science. Life hasn’t been easy lately and it’s wearing on me. But then I saw a recent post from Isis’ co-blogger (and, to Sci’s mind, possible doppleganger) Set Oculus. Set Oculus, who’s gender is apparently no longer in question (though I don’t know if I believe […]
Some of you may recall the post Sci posted on Friday “If you’re happy and you know it, smell some pee“. It’s an adorable post, by the way, in which Sci waxes extremely witty and breaks into song. We all love songs. But the more Sci thought about the paper the more she thought several […]
A few months ago, I’m running with my running partner. I miss her rather terribly. At this time, she was kind of down on herself in the middle of her third year slump. I was trying to lift her spirits, and the conversation went like this: Her: Grad school is shit! Why do I always […]
Sadly, Sci’s home laptop died another little death last night. While Le Petit Mort might indeed feel great to my laptop, the sudden loss of function was pretty rough on Sci. While Mr. S attempts to work his super magic on the issue, Sci’s post for today comes to you via Ruby, Sci’s intrepid little […]
Sci saw this over at Grrl Scientists’s place yesterday. She’s right, it’s fantastic. I mean, it’s partially great to watch the dude draw (obviously it’s sped up, but the way the synched it is cool), but the conveyance of how motivation works (and more importantly, how much we still don’t understand). [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Also, Grrl’s very […]
First up, are you all aware that the latest edition of the Giant’s Shoulders is out! And Sci is in it! It’s up at The Dispersal of Darwin. There’s some great stuff there this month! AAAAND. THE NEXT ISSUE OF GIANT’S SHOULDERS WILL BE HERE!! Sci is very excited, she’s never hosted a blog carnival […]
Sci just realized that that should have been the alternate title of her Friday Weird Science post “if you’re happy and you know it, smell some pee”. Because, well, it involves sniffing. And Sci loves anything that involves this guy: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE&hl=en_US&fs=1] Ah, Old Spice Man, how I do adore thee. Take me away from all […]
Sci actually considered blogging this paper as just a regular, run of the mill weekday paper…but it’s got urine sniffing. And the idea of making up a song to a paper is one that Sci can never resist. So first, the paper. And then, the song! Malkesman, et al. “The Female Urine Sniffing Test: A […]