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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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March 30, 2009
Category: Health Care/Medicine
The big problem, I would say, is that there's just so much out there that's just so sinfully sweet. Everything we eat is sweetened, whether it be with sugar or with HFCS, and we're eating and drinking far more sweetened stuff than any group of people has ever done before.
Posted by Scicurious at 12:25 AM • 47 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 27, 2009
Category: Friday Weird Science
First of all, Sci loves the journal of Medical Hypotheses. Where would I BE without that journal? In a much less entertaining place is where I'd be. Secondly, Sci loves the phrase "belly button lint". I'm not really sure why....
Posted by Scicurious at 1:15 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 26, 2009
Category: Neuroscience
This group of researchers decided to find out whether specifically activated neurons were essential for memory learning and expression. As you might imagine, what they had to do was pretty insanely complicated, but what they found makes it very well worth it.
Posted by Scicurious at 12:40 AM • 23 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 24, 2009
Category: Activism
As you may have seen in a recent post, Scienceblogs bid a fond farewell to the Intersection. When the Intersection made its big debut on Discover, they were welcomed by their bloggers. And the commenters were also welcoming. Sort of....
Posted by Scicurious at 10:22 PM • 47 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Synaptic Misfires
The news broke yesterday that The Intersection will be moving to Discover! I'm very excited for Chris and Sheril, but we're going to miss them a lot. :( They can now be found here, but you can still access their...
Posted by Scicurious at 10:47 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 23, 2009
Category: Neuroscience
...there are lots of hypotheses out there on how music improves certain aspects of brain function. And now, for the first time, researchers actually showed that musical training can change the way the brain develops, not just in terms of eventual function, but in its very structure.
Posted by Scicurious at 12:16 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 22, 2009
Category: Synaptic Misfires
Sci should point out that she is not a hipster snob. Merely an indie nerd. And not even a very good one. I definitely don't have my finger on the pulse of what's going on. But every so often, SciBro...
Posted by Scicurious at 6:52 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 20, 2009
Category: Friday Weird Science
Take this as proof of just how dedicated Sci is to all of you. She spent her who day staring at a screen working up data, and then she spent the whole NIGHT doing it as well! But hey, inquiring minds wanted to know! And so, the results of....The condom survey
Posted by Scicurious at 12:56 AM • 27 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 19, 2009
Category: Activism
First off, the survey on condom breakage is officially CLOSED. Results will be posted tomorrow. You KNOW you're curious about this one! Secondly, A Blog Around the Clock has the latest buttons for OpenLab submissions! Please head over and vote...
Posted by Scicurious at 5:45 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Addiction
A couple of contradictory self-administration studies and some studies on dopamine effects in the brain, in this case, just isn't enough to prove the drug "addictive". And is modafinil the next cocaine? Probably not.
Posted by Scicurious at 12:11 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
