This past week, I hurtled back and forth from the National Association of Science Writers meeting in Boston, back to Washington, DC, and then slingshotted off again to Chicago for the Society for Neuroscience meeting (where I’m giving a talk on Monday! Should be interesting! Come on out).
There is not enough coffee in the WORLD, my friends.
Come for the coffee gifs. Stay for the links.
Monday:
On slowing down in science. ow.ly/TgEZa Everytime I see “slow science” I admit I picture a guy wood-carving a PCR machine.
Our own cannabinoid system might be involved in runner’s high. ow.ly/TgFen Not really breaking news tho. ow.ly/TgFhk
Diseases can travel on many things. The one that’s killing pigs? On woven food bags. ow.ly/TgJqX by @marynmck
Bugs! Delicious AND nutritious.ow.ly/TgJB9 Even more nutritious than steak?
What do we do about the antidepressants in the water? ow.ly/TgJHh
The unwritten “rules” of winning a Nobel. When so many people are behind a single discovery…it gets complicated. ow.ly/TgJVc
Interesting piece on how our views of antidepressants have changed over the years. ow.ly/TgLdb
Tuesday:
Could a mushroom help save the honeybees? ow.ly/TgLiq
.@RetractionWatch has a piece by a scientist who’s been on Retraction Watch on their problem with Retraction Watch.ow.ly/TgLnl
Conchs can jump. Jump! ow.ly/TgLpY by @susanmilius
Calif. is laying some tough restrictions on antibiotic use in livestock. Good!ow.ly/TgLzb
TIL there is a map of human poop on the streets of San Francisco. ow.ly/TgLD2
What do oil-degrading microbes do when there’s no oil spill? ow.ly/TgLFn
No, Scientists Have Not Found the ‘Gay Gene’. From @edyong209 ow.ly/3yjdLn
Oh NO! This year is suffering from low pumpkin yield! Whatever shall I do. However shall I bake. 🙁 ow.ly/TgLgg
New Sci! In the perirhinal cortex, switching cells from low to high firing rate can make the old seem new again. ow.ly/TmuPV
Wednesday:
Interesting piece on the decline of soda, and what companies market instead.ow.ly/3yjdOF
“Submit Like A Man” saw a lot of my own responses reflected here. ow.ly/3yjdUs
This student hit headgear hard to help prevent concussions. Seriously. She shot balls at it. ow.ly/TmaX6
The perirhinal cortex that helps to tell novel from familiar. Scientists have figured out how to flip that switch.http://ow.ly/Tmv1z
So happy for fellow neuro-nerd @NicoleBaganz! She’s getting this year’s Next Generation Award from @SfNtweets!! http://ow.ly/TmygU
Cookie science RETURNS. This time? A bit about butter. Here’s all the stats from the @ACSReactions experiment.http://ow.ly/TnITv
For this week’s word, go with the flow. Xylem! http://ow.ly/TnJeP
Thursday:
Kenneth Coe, one of the people who helped to invent Zoloft, has passed away.http://ow.ly/TnLHS
Could Dr. Oz be turning around toward science? http://ow.ly/TnMnY@juliaoftoronto bit the bullet and watched.
Women in the field worked quietly for a DECADE on Geoff Marcy to change his behavior. It didn’t work.http://ow.ly/To98B
“People hate physics, they hate ballet; all you’ve done is allowed people to hate things more efficiently,” oh dear.http://ow.ly/To9sN
A cancer drug’s effectiveness was inflated in animal studies. Even in mice, ppl publish the positive data.http://ow.ly/TobZC
Fabulous @sciencecomic piece “Famous Scientist Does Something Bad”http://ow.ly/Tocjz Pretty much always relevant.
I love my coffee black. I am (probably) not a psychopath. The latest hyped study didn’t even address this question.http://ow.ly/Toj8s
A caffeinated bee is busier. But not more effective. Ouch. By @edyong209 ow.ly/TrFum
Friday:
“Female pain might be perceived as constructed or exaggerated.” Horrible. 🙁ow.ly/TrUZz
Paleo sleeping and paleo diet have something in common. They are both based on modern assumptions.ow.ly/TrVn1 by @edyong209
With the flip of a switch, scientists made the old new again. ow.ly/Ts1AQ
A new cute little mammal from the time of the dinosaurs. With spines!ow.ly/Ts4L9 by @Laelaps
Wolves! On treadmills! For SCIENCE.ow.ly/Ts5vv by @DogSpies
What a cool idea. A museum focused on the climate of the future.http://ow.ly/Ts5FJ
It’s not that standing is bad. Or sitting is bad. It’s more that not moving is bad…http://ow.ly/Ts5Ze
AWESOME. A video showing beetles stripping down a carcass. ewwwwwwwwwww. coooooool.http://ow.ly/Ts6cH
