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My scientific specialty is chronobiology (circadian rhythms and photoperiodism), with additional interests in comparative physiology, animal behavior and evolution. I am not an MD so I cannot diagnose and treat your sleep problems. As well as writing this blog, I am also the Online Discussion Expert for PLoS. This is a personal blog and opinions within it in no way reflect the policies of PLoS. You can contact me at: Coturnix@gmail.com

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October 31, 2006
Category: Medicine
Check out the freshly unvailed Open Healthcare Manifesto, designed to foster "open media" in healthcare and medicine and to implement "some sort of a new "integrity standard" ... needed to help people sort through the junk that openness unfortunately tends...
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Posted by Coturnix at 1:57 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blogging
You may be aware of the $5000 scholarship for students who are science bloggers. Now the 10 finalists have been announced and you should go here to cast your vote. I have initially nominated (and will vote for) Jenna (Jennifer...
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Posted by Coturnix at 11:40 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Fun
The worst Tevye ever
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Posted by Coturnix at 11:05 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Animal Behavior
Humans do it, great apes do it, dolphins do it, now elephants (also here) have also been shown to do it - recognize themselves in the mirror, i.e., realize that the image in the mirror is the image of themselves...
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Posted by Coturnix at 10:33 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medicine
When doctors get scary, than it is really scary - go check it out on Doctor Hébert's Medical Gumbo...
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Posted by Coturnix at 10:27 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blogging
I have a couple of subscription for Google News e-mail notifications for terms like "circadian" and what-not. This makes me informed fast enough for what I need (i.e., making a decision to blog or not about the news). Usually, I'd...
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Posted by Coturnix at 10:05 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science News
Groups And Grumps: Study Identifies 'Sociality' Neurons: A University of California, San Diego study has for the first time identified brain cells that influence whether birds of a feather will, or will not, flock together. The research demonstrates that vasotocin...
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Posted by Coturnix at 9:50 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Rhythmic Human
Apparently, the timing of sporting events in Beijing, probably driven by needs of American TV audiences, did not take into consideration the best time of day for athletic performance. But who cares about athletes, or even about breaking Olympic and...
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Posted by Coturnix at 8:57 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blogging
Danica Radovanovic of Belgrade and Beyond is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference all the way from Belgrade! We can now have our own break-out session in Serbo-Croatian language. And we have not heard of each...
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Posted by Coturnix at 7:59 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science Practice
Bill Hooker has joined the blogging stable at 3 Quarks Daily - congratulations! He is starting with an excellent and well-documented article about Open Access Publishing....
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