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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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Category: Books
A few years ago, I read Mary Roach's first book, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and absolutely loved it! One of the best popular science books I have read in a long time - informative, eye-opening, thought-provoking and...
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Category: Science Education
From SCONC: Science Cafe July 14, 2009 | 7:00 P.M. Uncovering the Mysteries of Human Fertility: On Sex, Fertile Days, and Why the Rabbit Dies Speaker: Allen Wilcox, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Everyone knows where babies come from,...
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Category: Politics
Since my post about it is not on the front page any more, I just want to remind you of the groundswell of support for the Silence Is The Enemy initiative. Join the Facebook group, donate to Doctors Without Borders...
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Category: Politics
About a week ago, Nicholas Kristof wrote an eye-opening op-ed in NYTimes - After Wars, Mass Rapes Persist. In Liberia, and probably in some other places, the end of war does not automatically mean the end of rape: Of course,...
Posted by Coturnix at 10:52 AM • 6 Comments •
Category: Books
I loved Mary Roach's 'Stiff' when it first came out, so I was excited to see that Sheril started a book club reading the third book, Bonk, by the same author. My copy just arrived, so I will be participating...
Posted by Coturnix at 11:44 AM • 4 Comments •
Category: PLoS
Look what came in the mail yesterday! The Art and Politics of Science by Harold Varmus and, since he is in some way my boss, with a very nice personal inscription inside the cover. I am excited and already started...
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Category: North Carolina
From SCONC: Even if you haven't heard of Bisphenol A (BPA), you've likely been exposed to it. The endocrine disrupting compound is common in plastic infant bottles, water bottles, food cans and lots of other products. Scientists debate its dangers...
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Category: Balkans
Serbian Ministry of Health, as part of their fight against AIDS, inserted a condom inside a women's magazine this month. The condom is German-made, named "Bumper-Bumper" and in a fun-looking package: [Image from] The timing is unfortunate (I'm sure it...
Posted by Coturnix at 4:07 PM • 11 Comments •
Category: Basic Biology
An Evolutionary Look at Sperm Holds Secrets of Mobility, Fertility: The fusion of sperm and egg succeeds in mammals because the sperm cells hyperactivate as they swim into the increasingly alkaline female reproductive tract. One fast-moving sperm drives on through...
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Category: Society
Amanda is in the middle of reading Michael Kimmel's Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men and has posted the first, preliminary review, with some very interesting explorations by the commenters as well (I guess the MRAs did not...
Posted by Coturnix at 10:11 PM • 2 Comments •
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