Rhythms of Life in Meatspace and Cyberland
If you ask a biologist for an explanation for a trait of an organism, you will get different answers depending on what kind of biologist you asked. One biologist will give you an explanation in terms of molecules, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems and the organism as a whole, explaining how that trait develops in the embryo and how it works in the adult...
Originally published on June 30, 2009. Chad Orzel wrote a neat history of (or should we say 'evolution of') clocks, as in "timekeeping instruments".
First published on January 28, 2007 Considering I've been writing textbook-like tutorials on chronobiology for quite a while now, trying always to write as simply and clearly as possible, and even wrote a Basic Concepts And Terms post, I am surprised that I never actually defined the term "biological clock" itself before, despite using it all the time...
Everything important in our bodies cycles. Including liver enzymes. Including alcohol dehydrogenase (though DUI laws do not take this into consideration).
Originally posted on June 7, 2010. To get disclaimers out of the way, first, Vanessa Woods (on Twitter) is a friend. I first met her online, reading her blog Bonobo Handshake where she documented her day-to-day life and work with bonobos in the Congo...
Very brief re-post, from March 18, 2006 - now with a little more added commentary: I remember from an old review that John Palmer did a study on the diurnal pattern of copulation in humans some years ago...
Originally posted on July 6, 2010. If you picked up The Poisoner's Handbook (amazon.com) looking for a fool-proof recipe, I hope you have read the book through and realized at the end that such a thing does not exist: you'll get busted...
Nothing too complicated today, but something you should all know (originally from March 13, 2006). I have mentioned this in my older post: in a natural state, humans do not sleep a long consecutive bout throughout the night (except in the middle of the summer in low latitudes)...
Originally posted by Karyn Traphagen at the official ScienceOnline2012 blog Now, that’s an equation for an awesome evening. Do you love to hear a good story?
Continuing with the tradition from last three years, I will occasionally post interviews with some of the participants of the ScienceOnline2011 conference that was held in the Research Triangle Park, NC back in January 2011...
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