What makes high heels so hot hot hot? The authors of this paper say it’s biomechanics and evolution, baby. But is it really? Let’s all strap on our stilettos and check out the paper “High heels as supernormal stimuli: How wearing high heels affects judgements of female attractiveness” at Neurotic Physiology. Head over, check it [...]

I’m sure that many of you have heard that university professors have the easiest jobs of 2013, haven’t you? They sit in their tweed jackets with leather elbow patches and say intelligent things all day, before teaching a class or two and taking a few weeks off. There’s already a couple of excellent responses up [...]

When you think of citizen science, what do you think of? I know in my case, I think of people out (maybe with their kids) measuring snowfall, finding birds, or listening at night to hear different kind of insects in various environments. And yes, that is all definitely citizen science. But citizen science can be, [...]

Sci is at Neurotic Physiology today, talking about http://scientopia.org/blogs/scicurious/2013/01/04/friday-weird-science-the-good-old-book-smell/. You know that smell, and you may even love it. But what causes it? And can you buy the perfume? Head over and check it out! And in case you missed it from earlier this week, at Neurotic Physiology on Wednesday I talked a little about [...]

Happy New Year’s Eve to everyone!!! Well, Happy New Year’s Eve from the lab. Because there’s where Sci is. Rodents don’t really care if it’s a holiday. Does anyone have any New Year’s Resolutions? Sci’s always involve publication numbers… A happy new year to all! Here’s hoping for a good 2013!

Sci is over at Neurotic Physiology today for Friday Weird science! Today’s weird science is slime molds! Slime molds are weird in and of themselves, but they are even better when they start making country-wide highway maps. Why? For biological efficiency. Head over and check it out.

Sci is over at Neurotic Physiology, sharing her top 30 book list. It’s not the top 30 books I’ve read this year. Instead, it’s the only 30 books I managed to read this year at all. Want to see them, the previous years, and recommend something for me to read? Head over and let me [...]

Dear Readers, BEHOLD, THE SCI-TREE.   We don’t actually celebrate Christmas, but I know there will be no readers today. But for those of you who ARE around, let me take this opportunity to say thanks. Thanks so much for reading, for picking on my typos, for giving me feedback, and for keeping me writing! [...]

Sci is at Neurotic Physiology today for this week’s Friday Weird Science: the evolutionary psychology of romance novel titles. This does, indeed exist. And it’s just as hilarious as you always hoped it would be. So if you want to see me contribute my glorious talent to the romance novel genre (trust me, you do), [...]

We’re having this month’s Scicurious Guest Writer a little early, to make sure he gets some exposure and to avoid the holiday rush! Please welcome Satchal Erramilli!! In the summer of 1912, a young man and his father worked feverishly to interpret the results of a German physicist. The physicist, future Nobel Laureate Max von [...]