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The Evil Monkey has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from a southeastern university. After a postdoctoral nightmare of Inquisitorial proportions, he is currently working in a laboratory and teaching at a local community college. He is still not sure why he wrote this paragraph in the third person, and for that reason is beginning to doubt his sanity. How many freakin' people can fit into his head, anyway? No wait, my head. Oh crap.
Scicurious is a graduate student wrestling with a PhD in Physiology and Pharmacology at a southern institution. She is a nerd, a geek, and also a dork, which takes up a lot of her free time. She sees nothing wrong with talking about herself in the third person, and wonders why Evil Monkey is so freaked out about it.
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October 31, 2008
Category: Friday Weird Science
*stands up bravely* Hi, my name is Scicurious, and I'm a...caffeine addict. Well, currently I'm a recovering caffeine addict. I used to drink about 6 cups of coffee a day. The big travel mug size. I was even in a...
Posted by Scicurious at 12:19 AM • 1 Comments •
October 30, 2008
Category: Synaptic Misfires
Generally, I'm not a political-type blogger. I'm not good at making good statements, even though my opinions are very strong. So I leave political stuff to Evil Monkey. But he's muttering to himself in the third person again (that sidebar...
Posted by Scicurious at 10:11 PM • 2 Comments •
October 29, 2008
Category: Academia
A few months ago, I was having a conversation with a friend of mine who was then just starting grad school. She was looking for an advisor, someone to take her under his/her wing for her nascent science-training. And, as...
Posted by Scicurious at 7:01 PM • 1 Comments •
October 28, 2008
Category: Blog Carnivals
Encephalon is up at Mind Hacks! Check it out, there's some very cool stuff, including stuff on childhood amnesia, Long term potentiation (a HUGE deal in a neuroscience now), and three awesome posts from The Mouse Trap on maturity and...
Posted by Scicurious at 9:23 AM • 0 Comments •
October 27, 2008
Category: Addiction
Until I read this paper, I seriously had no idea that spontaneous eyeblink was a clinical indicator for dopaminergic function. I guess this shows you how divorced the pure research side can be from the clinic. But before I cover...
Posted by Scicurious at 11:30 PM • 5 Comments •
October 24, 2008
Category: Friday Weird Science
Does anyone else find "priapism" a horrifically difficult thing to pronouce? This may partially be because it's so...entertaining. Well, ok, it's entertaining for me. I imagine it leaves most guys wincing. Tran et al. "Priapism, ecstasy, and marijuana: is there...
Posted by Scicurious at 2:04 PM • 8 Comments •
October 22, 2008
Category: Neuroscience
So this is the second installment for general information on the things I like to blog about. Today's topic: DOPAMINE As you might be able to tell from many of my older and newer posts, I like dopamine. It's one...
Posted by Scicurious at 6:25 PM • 18 Comments •
October 20, 2008
Category: Learning and Memory
I'm a big proponent of exercise. I'm a runner, and when you've had a stressful day, it's amazing what a good run can do to make you feel better. I've noticed for grad students (at least at my school), when...
Posted by Scicurious at 9:31 PM • 5 Comments •
October 17, 2008
Category: Friday Weird Science
Weird Science is going up late this week, sorry guys. But it's weird science AND historical science, which makes it double cool. Also, NEW site from Zooillogix, and it's the CUTEST THING EVER. Called zooborns, you just want to cuddle...
Posted by Scicurious at 6:42 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Blog Carnivals
Giant's shoulders is up at second order approximation! You can check out my post on Aristotle, as well as a really cool post from Providentia on Freud (always a good topic), and a post on the structure of DNA from...
Posted by Scicurious at 10:11 AM • 0 Comments •
October 16, 2008
Category: Health Care/Medicine
This is one of those weeks where there is SO much to blog about and so little time to do it in! How shall I ever get to it all! This article actually came out on Tuesday, which means of...
Posted by Scicurious at 3:29 PM • 10 Comments •
October 14, 2008
Category: Learning and Memory
Along with my passion for science (say it with me, "SCIENCE!" Don't you feel awesome now?), I have a passion for history. I love history books (yes, really) and history podcasts, and nothing is cooler than when Mr. SiT takes...
Posted by Scicurious at 11:16 PM • 7 Comments •
October 13, 2008
Category: Friday Weird Science
I realize it's been a few weeks, but I'm FINALLY getting a look at all the responses that poured in in response to this post. I'm a good little scientist, and we all have to look carefully at our data....
Posted by Scicurious at 8:32 PM • 5 Comments •
October 10, 2008
Category: Friday Weird Science
For Friday Weird Science, there is really nothing better than a good case report. And you guys are getting a GOOD one this week. Partially because it's really good, and partially because I have just returned from the bachelorette...
Posted by Scicurious at 1:10 AM • 37 Comments •
October 9, 2008
Category: Synaptic Misfires
Lots of stuff going on these past few weeks. Do I have time to actually TELL people about them? Of course not. So ya'll get my time between meetings today for me to let you know! First off, everyone probably...
Posted by Scicurious at 8:49 AM • 0 Comments •
October 7, 2008
Category: Physiology/Pharmacology
So I've been thinking of ways to make some of my more science-y blogging come across to those with less in the way of science backgroud. There was a suggestion that I try categorizing the posts into easy, intermediate, and...
Posted by Scicurious at 8:28 AM • 10 Comments •
October 3, 2008
Category: Friday Weird Science
I actually heard about this paper from the glorious Dr. Isis, who covered it a few weeks ago with her usual panache and sparkles. Since I read her post, I've been itching to get my hands on this paper,...
Posted by Scicurious at 2:07 PM • 14 Comments •
October 2, 2008
Category: Synaptic Misfires
So I saw a comment over at Adventures in Ethics and Science (which is, by the way, a killer blog. If you don't read it, you should). In my experience, it does come down to a choice for parents of...
Posted by Scicurious at 8:42 AM • 2 Comments •
October 1, 2008
Category: Physiology/Pharmacology
Before I do anything else, I want to let you know that Not Exactly Rocket Science has posted a really cool article on a robotic starfish! It can adapt to injury and self-assess. And it's so cute! Anyone want to...
Posted by Scicurious at 11:18 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Academia
Here's a summary of life as an academic.
Posted by Evil Monkey at 11:03 AM • 2 Comments •
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