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The Evil Monkey has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from a southeastern U.S. university. After a postdoctoral nightmare of Inquisitorial proportions, he is currently working in a laboratory and an adjunct assistant professor at a nearby state university.
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February 27, 2009
Category: Friday Weird Science
The other title of this post is "what happens when you leave a guy alone on a desert island for a few weeks", and the other OTHER title of this post is "people who are obsessive enough to measure their...
Posted by Scicurious at 1:32 AM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 26, 2009
Category: Academia
How I deal with the pacing of my lectures. Dirty tricks included.
Posted by Evil Monkey at 10:40 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Addiction
About a week ago, a prof in my MRU loaned me a book he'd just read, saying it would be right up my alley. He was very right. I couldn't put it down. It's already changed a great deal about...
Posted by Scicurious at 1:06 AM • 68 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 25, 2009
Category: Natural Sciences
Actually, I would like to dedicate this post to the lovely Stephanie Zvan of Almost Diamonds. This is because Stephanie recently sent Sci her blogging muse: an entire box of dark chocolate Moose Munch!!!!!! Moose Munch is indeed Sci's muse,...
Posted by Scicurious at 1:33 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 24, 2009
Category: Blog Carnivals
Every so often, Sci wishes she had a life outside the lab. So then Mr. SiT takes her away from it all for a weekend. This is super fabulous, and Sci has a wonderful time, coming back refreshed and rejeuvenated...
Posted by Scicurious at 1:04 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 23, 2009
Category: Neuroscience
Welcome to depression post three! Previously I covered the symptoms and etiology of depression, and some of the most common antidepressant medications and how they work. Now I'd like to go into some of the research behind it. After all,...
Posted by Scicurious at 1:36 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 20, 2009
Category: Friday Weird Science
This is another post along the lines of the odd things that get off certain members of the humans species. I'm sure some of us wish we were these people, but in some cases (like this one), it's not a...
Posted by Scicurious at 1:29 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 19, 2009
Category: Synaptic Misfires
When Sci gets in a parody-ing mood, all sorts of things come out. Evil things. Things like this. I blame Isis for what is about to follow. Her love of Spears is well-known, though I imagine the goddess will never...
Posted by Scicurious at 1:07 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 18, 2009
Category: Activism
You know that huge "25 things" meme going around Facebook? I hate those things. I've got something like 20 notes now that have me "tagged". I kind of want to fill it out, and it would look something like this:...
Posted by Scicurious at 1:30 AM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 16, 2009
Category: Neuroscience
In my previous depression post, I talked about the symptoms and characterization of depression. In this one, I want to talk about what's out there to treat it....
Posted by Scicurious at 1:27 AM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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