Tag: Chad Haney

Sleep Paralysis

Stephanie Pappas writes an interesting article about sleep paralysis (SP) and the distress that occurs after one experiences sleep paralysis. I experienced SP quite a bit when I was younger. I can see where some might pursue supernatural explanations of SP.

Perhaps Chris Robinson or Zuleyka Zevallos care to dig into the journal article as I think the objective of the journal article was more on understanding the distress caused by SP. However, psychology is not my area by any stretch of the imagination.

Sleep Paralysis Postepisode Distress Modeling Potential Effects of Episode Characteristics, General Psychological Distress, Beliefs, and Cognitive Style

James Allan Cheyne and Gordon Pennycook

Clinical Psychological Science 2167702612466656, first published on February 12, 2013

http://cpx.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/02/12/2167702612466656.abstract

Originally shared by LiveScience

Sleep paralysis occurs when the brain and body aren’t quite on the same page when it comes to sleep.

http://oak.ctx.ly/r/4328g

LiDAR at Angkor Wat

Laser scanning technology helps reveal a massive spiral structure at Angkor Wat. Visiting Angkor Wat is definitely on my bucket list.

Originally shared by LiveScience

It is the most striking discovery associated with Angkor Wat to date.

http://oak.ctx.ly/r/42u9w

Sad when the trolls win

I’m sadden to hear that Kevin Folta has decided to give up science outreach due to the anti-GMO trolls. As Orac writes, I don’t blame him one bit.

h/t Bob Calder 

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2015/11/05/a-sad-day-for-public-science-advocacy/

A little lab humor

Originally shared by Alessandro Littara

Don’t you just need some of these to hang up around your office/lab?

Larger view: http://goo.gl/1vhfDS

Do you science? Are you in?

Check out this HOA to ask questions about the Citizen Science project: The GMO Corn Experiment.

Read more here: https://experiment.com/u/n4zonQ

Originally shared by Biology Fortified, Inc.

Drs. Karl Haro von Mogel and Anastasia Bodnar will be talking about Biology Fortified’s exciting Citizen Science project: The GMO Corn Experiment. For more information or to join the project, see:

http://www.GMOexperiment.com

Still not much info and trouble brewing for Theranos

The WIRED story below reports on an article from the Wall Street Journal about Theranos having trouble living up to their claims. I was skeptical about the company when news hype circled about Theranos over a year ago.

Minimal volume with minimal information

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ChadHaney/posts/Zd4UKZizmkP

There wasn’t much detail about the science behind their idea and that’s a red flag. The Wired article below even mentions peer reviewed journal articles. You’ve probably heard me and other moderator’s of the Science on Google+ community always tell ‘skeptics’ (often conspiracy theorists that call themselves skeptics), that only peer reviewed publications can be trusted when one has extraordinary claims.

I’ve written about skepticism already:

Skepticism doesn’t equal question all teh things

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ChadHaney/posts/iXZqcz7bDqB

an hype with preclinical results:

Overselling preclinical results

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ChadHaney/posts/UWn7Q9hTuHm

Finally, if you missed my piece on how drugs get to market, you might want to read:

Bench to Bedside

http://goo.gl/63mKa

http://www.wired.com/2015/10/theranos-scandal-exposes-the-problem-with-techs-hype-cycle/?mbid=social_gplus

Participate in Science

Here’s your chance to participate in science! I have to make sure my dog doesn’t eat both ears of corn.

Originally shared by David Wood

Curious about GMO’s and want to do some citizen science? Fund this experiment and do something about it. Great idea Karl Haro von Mogel Kevin Folta Anastasia Bodnar 

https://experiment.com/projects/the-gmo-corn-experiment

Biofluorescence

Here’s a quick news bite about the discovery of a sea turtle which has a fluorescent shell and possibly parts of the head and limbs. I’ll try to dig up more info and edit the post later.

You can read about bioluminescence and fluorescent proteins here:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ChadHaney/posts/2Q7Pa8C4rj1

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150928-sea-turtles-hawksbill-glowing-biofluorescence-coral-reef-ocean-animals-science150928-sea-turtles-hawksbill-glowing-biofluorescence-coral-reef-ocean-animals-science/