Which limb do you prefer? If you're like most members of our species, you prefer your right hand for most tasks. If you're like a smaller minority of our species, you might prefer your left hand...
Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week. Sometimes you're interested in new papers not for the main results that the authors present, but for some other data you see in a graph that might catch the corner of your eye...
Many of us think of sharks as lone hunters. We imagine them spending most of their lives swimming alone, briefly seeking out the company of another shark for the purposes of reproduction, then going back to their solo ways...
Thanks to my jetlag, I managed to catch this beautiful sunrise over downtown Raleigh at Science Online 2012.
Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week. You might think that labels and logos indicate power or prestige, but you'd be wrong.
On Friday, I quickly posted this video, which shows a crow - likely a hooded crow (thanks to a commenter at Andrew Revkin's Dot Earth blog for the ID) - appearing to "snowboard" down the roof of a Russian building, using a small object as a makeshift snowboard...
This video (via Al Dove on twitter), which appears to be from Russia, shows a crow (can anybody confirm the identity of the bird?) engaging in an activity that can only be described as play...
Classical conditioning is one of those introductory psychology terms that gets thrown around. Many people have a general idea that it is one of the most basic forms of associative learning, and people often know that Ivan Pavlov's 1927 experiment with dogs has something to do with it, but that is often where it ends...
I'm going to be participating in a Google+ Hangout "On Air" tomorrow night. Google+ Hangouts are multi-user video-chats, but they're limited to 10 users.
Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week. You don't need a shaky bridge for misattribution of arousal to impact your relationship for the better: all you need is to do new, fun, exciting things with your partner!...
Shot earlier this week, an 11-photo panoramic of downtown LA, including the LA Opera and the Disney Concert Hall. On the far right, if you look closely, you'll find the self-portrait portion...
It's winter, and while Los Angeles has been unseasonably warm, I find my mind wandering to cooler things, like polar bears. In most zoos and animal parks, polar bears ( ursus maritimus ) attract such a disproportionate amount of attention that they are referred to in the industry as "charismatic megafauna," or in other words, "really cool animals." Perhaps it is because it is especially rare for the average zoo-goer to happen upon a polar bear in the wild, or because they live in such an inhospitable environment...
Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week. Here's something we all want to know: are New Years resolutions doomed to fail? Find out at Guru Magazine.
It's really hard to come up with a list of what I consider to be my best photos from the previous year. To start with, some of my favorites photos are perhaps not strictly the "best," and some of the best photos may not really move me much...
While this blog will remain quiet through the weekend - I've decided to really, actually take this week off - I'd like to take a moment to wish all of my readers and friends across the blogosphere a very Happy New Year.Onward to 2012!...
Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week:Most bloggers are taking the week off, so only two picks this week, but they're great!
Whatever holiday you might be celebrating (if you're celebrating at all), I hope it was enjoyable. Photo: Canon EOS Rebel XTi, 44mm, ISO 1600, f/5.0, 1/125 sec.
According to holiday lore, poor Rudolph was a victim of social exclusion because he was different from the rest of the reindeer. In a move that was lucky for nice (but not naughty) children everywhere, he was then approached by Santa, who asked him to guide the sleigh...
It's better than an ant farm. It's more exciting than a flea circus. Welcome to Cricket Fight Club. The first rule of Cricket Fight Club is: you do not talk about Cricket Fight Club.
Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week. Your brain isn't alone in processing emotion - it needs your body, too! Find out how the brain and body interact in processing emotions at Bill Yates's blog Brain Posts: Brain and Gut in Processing Emotion Over at Inkfish, Elizabeth Preston hits another one outta' the park: Aesop's Crows Understand Physics, Literature Neuroskeptic points out that, "antipsychotic use in Canadian children and teens is rising dramatically - prescriptions more than doubled in just 4 years, from 2005 to 2009." Find out why: Young, Canadian and on Antipsychotics A handful of disorders have been hypothesized to involve a "disconnection," or a reduction in connectivity among brain areas...
