clock | October 31, 2006I have a couple of subscription for Google News e-mail notifications for terms like "circadian" and what-not. This makes me informed fast enough for what I need (i.e., making a decision to blog or not about the news). Usually, I'd get 2-3 new entries for the "circadian" search-term each day (and even less for some other terms). A couple of days ago, I noticed that I am getting dozens. What is interesting that the entries are not from MSM or places like EurekAlert, but from blogs and MySpace!
So, what is the purpose of Google News? If I want to see what all websites have, I'll use Google…
clock | October 31, 2006Groups And Grumps: Study Identifies 'Sociality' Neurons:
A University of California, San Diego study has for the first time identified brain cells that influence whether birds of a feather will, or will not, flock together. The research demonstrates that vasotocin neurons in the medial extended amygdala -- which are present in most animals, including humans -- respond differently to social cues in birds that live in colonies compared to their more solitary cousins.
Evolutionary Oddity: Erectile Tissue Helps Flamingos Eat:
With their spindly legs, long necks and bright plumage, flamingos are a…
clock | October 31, 2006Apparently, the timing of sporting events in Beijing, probably driven by needs of American TV audiences, did not take into consideration the best time of day for athletic performance. But who cares about athletes, or even about breaking Olympic and world records, when delivering Joe Schmoe to the Budweiser commercial is much, much more important for the success of Olumpic games?!
This article provides a nice summary of the issue and the current state of understanding of the way circadian clocks affect athletic performance:
Science Says Athletes Perform Better At Night
clock | October 31, 2006
Danica Radovanovic of Belgrade and Beyond is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference all the way from Belgrade! We can now have our own break-out session in Serbo-Croatian language. And we have not heard of each other until now.
Are you registered yet?
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clock | October 30, 2006Bill Hooker has joined the blogging stable at 3 Quarks Daily - congratulations! He is starting with an excellent and well-documented article about Open Access Publishing.
clock | October 30, 2006Archy sums it all up in An object lesson in Wiki research. Nice to see a professional historian take a look at history of pseudoscience.
clock | October 30, 2006Carnival of the Ghoulish Green is up on Groovy Green. Next week, the carnival celebrates its first anniversary by going back home to City Hippy.
clock | October 30, 2006A hat-trick from Orcinus:
Sara explores new frames in Adult Supervision. Funny, as well as insightful.
Dave on Science And Republicans and Those Republican values.
clock | October 30, 2006Three-in-a-row for Amanda Marcotte, on what liberalism is, totally brilliant (can someone hire her, please, for an editorial page?):
The non-ideological era
Liberalism in ascendance
Who Counts?:
...what conservatives mean when they say they're for "small" government and liberals are for "big" government--those adjectives describe the size of the number of people that count as worthy of government attention, protection, and assistance in their view.
clock | October 30, 2006The Synapse #10 is up on Neurocritic. Next week, it is the turn for Encephalon (the two neurocarnivals appear on alternate weeks) and it will be hosted by me, right here. Send your entries by November 5th at 5pm EST to: Coturnix AT gmail DOT com.
clock | October 30, 2006Trotting With Emus To Walk With Dinosaurs:
One way to make sense of 165-million-year-old dino tracks may be to hang out with emus, say paleontologists studying thousands of dinosaur footprints at the Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite in northern Wyoming. Because they are about the same size, walk on two legs and have similar feet, emus turn out to be the best modern version of the enigmatic reptiles that once trotted along a long-lost coastline in the Middle Jurassic.
Grape Seed Extract Halts Cell Cycle, Checking Growth Of Colorectal Tumors In Mice:
Chemicals found in grape seeds significantly…
clock | October 30, 2006In my part of the world, and most of the US and Europe as well, there was a general agreement that all clocks would be set an hour off back in April. This may have made sense in a world in which most people worked on a single shift, and most factories were lit via skylights for that single shift, but it's absurd in the 24/7 world of this millennium. Fortunately, as of 2:30 this morning we've allowed to set our clocks back to the correct time. The computers switch automatically, I think I know how to set my wristwatch back (well, ahead 23 hours actually, it's digital), but millions will be…
clock | October 30, 2006
Josh Staiger is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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clock | October 29, 2006Just a quick note. I finally got to meet Chris Mooney, my fellow Seed Scienceblogger and the author of The Republican War on Science.
On Saturday, we met early enough to have coffee and a little chat before his book-reading and signing event at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh. The long weekend in local schools (Friday off in Orange Co. and Monday off in Wake Co.) and a break in bad weather we had recently propably prompted a lot of locals to make that last trip out of town for the year this week, so the size of the crowd was not as impressive as it could have been, but those present were good…
clock | October 29, 2006The Tar Heel Tavern has a new host this week - Dr.R of Evolving Education has just posted the 88th edition. Go there, say Hi, and check out the best North Carolina blogging of the week.
clock | October 29, 2006Carnival of the Godless #52 is up on Skeptic Rant. Check the invisible links.
clock | October 29, 2006
Connie Childrey is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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