September 30, 2009
Category: Behavioral Neuro
One of the biggest problems with drug addiction is that it is a disorder that is characterized by relapse. You just CAN'T QUIT. It'd be one thing if you got hooked, got sober, there were some initial bad reactions, and...
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September 29, 2009
Category: Terrible Poetry
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth. -Robert Frost Two...
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September 28, 2009
Category: Academia
This entry inspired by Sci's running partner. I can definitely say I have been very lucky in my running partner, in that she is also a scientist and also pretty awesome. Talking about science and being awesome can really eat...
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September 25, 2009
Category: Natural Sciences
Editor's Selection Icon (w00t!) Today's post comes to you courtesy of Laelaps. Sci's been wanting to cover sex in other species for a while now (I mean, it's so WEIRD!), and Laelaps has kindly provided a whole series of great...
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September 24, 2009
Category: Synaptic Misfires
Last week I mentioned a blogger (this guy) who has been a real inspiration to me. This week, I'm gonna keep it up. I cannot say whether it will be every week, but there are a LOT of bloggers out...
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September 23, 2009
Category: Physiology/Pharmacology
Sci is still tracking her caloric intake every day for the goddess (well, mostly for herself, but also for the goddess). It's very long, slow haul. Sci still considers days when she eats no more than 2000 calories (preferably a...
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September 22, 2009
Category: Blog Carnivals
It actually came out yesterday, but Sci was crazy busy doing awesome sciency things. I would say I looked a lot like this: (From Girl Genius, which is completely awesome, and which I've probably mentioned before. My life is TOTALLY...
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September 21, 2009
Category: Academia
So a few days ago, Brian of Laelaps and I had a conversation. The conversation went like this: Sci: Somebody wrote a book where he referred to the "tone" of scienceblogs.com as being bad for science. The book is "Don't...
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September 18, 2009
Category: Friday Weird Science
Sci is sick today. She's cuddled up with her tea, and desperately hoping she has a cold rather than the flu. But the weird science CALLS US, precious. No matter how sick. It calls. Judging from the vast number of...
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September 17, 2009
Category: Synaptic Misfires
Sci's been seeing some things lately, wherein people talk about their favorite science writers/bloggers. In fact, Sci was lucky enough to be one someone's short list!!! And I think it's a great idea to recognize bloggers who have influenced us,...
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