September 29, 2008
Category: Synaptic Misfires
For those who do not know, I have a Significant Other. Otherwise known as Mr. Scicurious-in-training, (Mr. SiT), he is teh awesome. If you have been stunned by my charisma, charm, and general nerditude, you shall have to compete against...
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September 26, 2008
Category: Friday Weird Science
I think the best part about this weird Friday is that I don't have to write it! A good thing too, I have a life outside the blog (crazy, I know), and that life has been nothing short of...
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Posted by Scicurious at 3:07 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 25, 2008
Category: CNS Diseases and Disorders
Some people have been noticing erratic behavior from republican nominee John McCain lately. His most recent seems to be slight, but rather odd. Specifically, he appears to have developed ptosis--- a drooping eyelid--- which could of course be related to...
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September 24, 2008
This is the third option for "things I could present in Journal Club". Please let me know if you have a strong preference! The Journal Club is, um, tomorrow. So I probably better get my rear in gear. As...
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Posted by Scicurious at 9:50 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Addiction
So here's the second in the series of "things I could present for Journal Club". I figure I'll blog the top three, and then actually prepare whichever one I want to do the morning before. Procrastination is a mark...
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September 23, 2008
Category: Behavioral Neuro
A good while ago I did a Friday Weird Science which I thought was really cool. Unfortunately, it just wasn't...weird...enough, and so I put it into poetry, because everything is better in verse. It was on Prairie Voles and...
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September 22, 2008
This past Saturday I got to go to the celebration in NC for the 1,000,000th ScienceBlog comment! All of us lucky enough to be in the area met up as the Asheboro zoo, where we got a fun personal tour,...
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Posted by Scicurious at 11:58 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
The downside of this semester is that I am dog tired. Having 3 classes with exams all at once wasn't a good idea when I still have to work 40+ a week. I haven't had a day off in weeks....
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September 19, 2008
Category: Friday Weird Science
I'm starting to think it must be a LOT of fun to be the editor of the Journal of Medical Hypotheses. First there was the one about groaning and hyperventilation decreasing blood to the cortex and enhancing the sexual...
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September 16, 2008
Category: Blog Carnivals
Check it out! It's over at Entertaining science. My post on Parkinson's got in (obviously, I recommend it), and there's a cool article from The Big Room on categorizing the fundamental types of living beings. And of course, if you're...
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