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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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July 31, 2007
Category: Animal Behavior
There is a new study this week about an unusual reproductive strategy in a bird, the Penduline Tit, which, if anthropomorphized, would appear to be an example of some really bad, deceptive parenting. But, Anne-Marie and Kate demonstrate the proper...
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Category: Carnivals
Encephalon #28 is up on Bohemian Scientist. Gene Genie #12 is up on My Biotech Life. Triskaidekaphilia: the 13th Carnival of Mathematics is up on Polymathematics. Carnival of the Green #88 is up on Nicomachus. Grand Rounds, Vol.3, n.45 are...
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Category: Open Science
The Demise of Old-Fashioned Scholarly Journals? (I love the photo on the top of the article!) Thoughts about the sea of information Open Science like the start of Apple? Nonsense, and pernicious nonsense at that. Reading Journals Can Seriously Damage...
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Category: Blogging
What Kevin says....
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Category: Chronobiology
If you are one of the few of my readers who actually slogged through my Clock Tutorials, especially the difficult series on Entrainment and Phase Response Curves, you got to appreciate the usefulness of the oscillator theory from physics in...
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Category: Clock Tutorials
Going into more and more detail, here is a February 11, 2005 post about the current knowledge about the circadian organization in my favourite animal - the Japanese quail....
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Category: Science News
Is there a new Tuberculosis vaccine in the making? Another movie is being made about Ivory-Bill woodpeckers. A new astronomical explanation for the cycles of extinctions....
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Category: Clock Quotes
There are two kinds of people in the world: the Givers and the Takers. The difference between the two is that the Takers eat well, and the Givers sleep well at night. - Joy Mills...
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July 30, 2007
Category: Chronobiology
This post, from January 25, 2006, describes part of the Doctoral work of my lab-buddy Chris....
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Category: Books
Now that I have finished reading HP7, I finally let myself go around and see what others are writing. Here is some of the best I found so far, to be read only if you have finished the book (or...
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