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The Evil Monkey has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and is currently enjoying a bit of time off while waiting to hear about a new position. Come join this wayward neuroscientist as he struggles to find a career and get his life back in order. He is still not sure why he wrote this paragraph in the third person.

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Ecology/Environment:

Like primates? Tough. Kiss 'em goodbye.

It's not a good millenium to be a monkey. GENEVA (AFP) - Nearly a third of all non-human primates could be wiped out, threatened by illegal wildlife trade, climate change and destruction of their habitat, a new report warned on...

Posted on October 26, 2007 1:30 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Do PBDEs cause thyroid disorders in pets?

I'm on a environmental tox kick lately. The latest foray into endocrine disruption in the news is polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs. PBDEs are used as flame retardant compounds, and like my earlier ruminations on bisphenol A, they're in everything....

Posted on August 16, 2007 1:50 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Statement regarding the use of bisphenol A

The LA Times has an interesting story about a statement regarding the use of bisphenol A, a compound that has many uses in the plastics industry and also happens to have estrogenic effects. The scientists -- including four from federal...

Posted on August 3, 2007 1:20 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

The Importance of Biodiversity, or Yet Another Interesting Toxin

Looks like yet another interesting toxin was found, this time in a venomous snail. This discovery comes from the lab of an old player in the field, who apparently discovered the conotoxin that is used in Prialt....

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Posted on August 21, 2006 8:13 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Just in case you missed it

The first half of this year was the hottest on record in the US. Temperatures for January through June were 3.4 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average. Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri experienced record warmth for the period, while...

Posted on July 15, 2006 6:50 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Unsung Success of Science-Driven Policy--- Ozone Layer

According to a new computer model that accurately reproduces the dynamics of the ozone layer over Antarctica for the last 27 years, the ozone hole is predicted to close, albeit later than expected....

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Posted on July 3, 2006 1:54 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks