Prozac, Ritalin, Cognitive Enhancement, and the power of a snappy title

Let it be known that Sci, like many a young, bright-eyed little scientist, tries to keep up on her reading. TRIES is the operative word, but every week Sci gets the Tables of Contents for all the major journals in her field (and all the major ones in her subdisciple) emailed straight to her for […]

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Friday Weird Science: Coke Bees.

Sci was going to try and stick with the sex this week, but this paper reminded her SO much of this article in the New Yorker, which then reminded her SO much of that awesome YouTube video, and the next thing you knew Sci had to blog bees on crack. It’s how I roll. But […]

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The Goal-Directed Nature of Relapse

One of the biggest problems with drug addiction is that it is a disorder that is characterized by relapse. You just CAN’T QUIT. It’d be one thing if you got hooked, got sober, there were some initial bad reactions, and then you were ok. But drug addiction isn’t like that. Drug addicts relapse, even when […]

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