Our brains are too smart to be tricked: diet sodas just make your body crave more calories
Posted 19 Jun 2012 / 0Science News “Diet Sodas May Confuse Brain’s ‘Calorie Counter’“
A Minor Post, Health & Medicine, Mismatch theory, Neuroscience, WebIs human genetic research being hampered by a failure to share data?
Posted 19 Jun 2012 / 0PLoS One “Mine, Yours, Ours? Sharing Data on Human Genetic Variation” This problem reminds me a little bit of a similar problem in computational biology: often modelers are reluctant to share their code, considering it proprietary information (although note that code represents “methods” and sequences represent “results”). But if gene sequences and model code are Read More
A Minor Post, Data Limitation, GeneticsNew study on birds uses remote tracking to provide detailed behavioral data
Posted 19 Jun 2012 / 0PLoS One “From Sensor Data to Animal Behaviour: An Oystercatcher Example” Miniaturization is going to make observing previously-unobservable animal behaviors possible.
A Minor Post, Articles, Behavior, Behavioral Ecology, Experiments (General)E-print Network provides searchable access to the primary scientific literature
Posted 16 Jun 2012 / 0E-Print Network This new database, created by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, aggregates the many pages on which scientists make their publications available as e-prints. This aggregator is searchable, making it possible to access the work of thousands of scientists for free. Add this site to the list of many other means by Read More
A Minor Post, PublicationI get downright evangelical about WordPress
Posted 14 Jun 2012 / 0Today I took my dedication to WordPress to another level. As I have indicated elsewhere, I am incredibly thankful for the work that the WordPress Foundation [1, 2] does to produce a for-the-people self-publishing platform. It is wonderful that the best tool for putting your ideas on the web is also the most democratic, pro-social, and altruistic in nature. I will Read More
Pratt Institute, Public OutreachOn the Media takes on the problem of scientific integrity in scientific journals and the popular media
Posted 09 Jun 2012 / 0On the Media “How British science journalists are secretly undermining the American media” On the Media “Scientific retractions on the rise” On the Media “Retraction watch“
A Minor Post, Publication, Radio & Podcasts, Scientific FraudUnderstanding the effects of asymmetry and relatedness on social volunteerism
Posted 06 Jun 2012 / 0I am proud to announce the recent publication of a new paper in the Chinese Science Bulletin with collaborators from Yunnan University and the Kunming Institute of Zoology in Kunming, China. Our paper, entitled “Cooperation in an asymmetric volunteer’s dilemma game with relatedness“, uses a game-theoretic analysis of a new variant to the volunteer’s dilemma to Read More
Evolutionary Modeling, Game Theory, Kin Selection, Modeling (General), Mutualism, My publicationsAlife XIII conference explores the simulation of artificial life
Posted 14 May 2012 / 0Alife 13th Annual Conference
A Minor Post, Conferences, Evolutionary ModelingEcoHealth sponsors art competition
Posted 14 May 2012 / 0EcoHealth 2012 Conference Art Competition
A Minor Post, Conferences, Science in Art & DesignNational Academies Press releases proceedings for “Cooperation and Conflict” colloquium
Posted 10 May 2012 / 0The National Academies Press “In the Light of Evolution V: Cooperation and Conflict”
A Minor Post, Conferences, Cooperation