Check out the blog makeover

Check out the blog makeover

Those of you who primarily follow this blog by RSS should come check out some of the remodeling done around here: Hot Topics: Scientific Blogging has some outstanding writers, who are now coming…
Which me am I?

Which me am I?

To celebrate my 1st anniversary writing for this site, I thought it time to update my biography here.  You'd think I'd have one ready, but in fact I can't stop with just one.  Having too…
Doctors Poke Holes In Soda Tax Proposal

Doctors Poke Holes In Soda Tax Proposal

Many public health advocates and scientific researchers have suggested that increasing the tax consumers pay when purchasing soda would be an effective way to help stem the growing rate of obesity in…
How Marketing Manipulates Our Preferences

How Marketing Manipulates Our Preferences

Whether people will indulge or be prudent with their money is not necessarily based on personality type or education, but may be strongly influenced by advertising and other environmental cues,…
Still Occasionally Brilliant

Still Occasionally Brilliant

As I quickly approach my forty-fourth birthday, I can almost feel the decline in my mental and physical abilities. Sure, I try to oppose it, but it is arguably an uphill fight. One of the means I…
Random Noise #19 : How Many Things Have Scales?

Random Noise #19 : How Many Things Have Scales?

Random Noise #19 : How Many Things Have Scales? Justice has scales. Wikimedia The famous scales of justice used to be about a fair and balanced trial.Today, scales of justice are rates of pay …