Just a quick note (more to come later as it’s late!) to say that we just had a terrific time at APS! Our student group had a lot of fun with their poster session on social network sites and loneliness (we wore hats and t-shirts from LinkedIn–and were hard to Read more…
It’s that time again–time for the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). This year’s convention is very conveniently located for us just a few hours north in San Francisco. Last year, we had some fun with a session on Psychology blogging. This year, I have a group Read more…
I’ve followed the development of the Kindle line with interest, but up until now, I have not been tempted to actually go out and buy one. I like books. Page-turners with pages to turn. But I have to say that the people behind Kindle DX are really listening to their Read more…
Scientists in South Korea have produced cloned beagles that fluoresce red by infecting dog fibroblasts with a retrovirus that inserted the fluorescent gene from sea anemones. The fibroblast was then implanted into a dog egg that had its nucleus removed, and was subsequently implanted into a surrogate mother dog. Beyond Read more…
I had a nice surprise in my mailbox this morning–a copy of our Student Study Guide for Discovering Biological Psychology. It’s a little late for our Neuroanatomy ID test last week and tomorrow’s midterm, but my guess is that some students will still find it useful for the remaining tests. Read more…