Category Archives: Research

Careful With That Amphioxus, Eugene

Posted on 7 March 2014 by cromercrox

Spare a thought for the amphioxus, a humble marine creature which spends its adult life buried in sand, filtering particles of food from seawater using its beautiful and elaborate system of gill slits. On the left is a picture of … Continue reading →

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Squishy

Posted on 25 February 2014 by cromercrox

When a colleague of Mrs Crox learned that Crox Minor (15) wanted to go to medical school and study to be a surgeon, the colleague recommended that Crox Minor read Brain Matters: Adventures of a Brain Surgeon. So she did, … Continue reading →

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Apples for Sir Isaac

Posted on 18 February 2014 by cromercrox

You might remember (either of you) that last summer I paid a visit to the old Norwich Fire Station, which was, back then, just about to be converted into the Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form, a sixth-form college devoted to … Continue reading →

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Gut Feelings

Posted on 17 February 2014 by cromercrox

Decisions, decisions. The job as a manuscript editor at Your Favourite Weekly Etcetera largely consists of making decisions – whether to consider a manuscript for publication, or to send it on its way elsewhere. Because we receive a very large … Continue reading →

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Teeth

Posted on 17 October 2013 by cromercrox

When I was a child one of my favourite books was Busy, Busy World by the late Richard Scarry. Each double-page spread was a story set in a particular country, and the characters were all animals. The story I remember … Continue reading →

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Lovelace

Posted on 15 October 2013 by cromercrox

I am reliably informed that today is Ada Lovelace Day, in which it behooves one to commemorate the contribution to science of female scientists. Like Christmas, this comes round every year, and, like Christmas, I struggle to find anything novel … Continue reading →

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Fishface

Posted on 26 September 2013 by cromercrox

And now, a girrafe on a unicycle one of the most exciting areas in evolutionary biology at the moment – tracing the origins of gnathostomes, or jawed vertebrates. Before I start, I owe a debt of gratitude to our Latin-America … Continue reading →

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To Boldly Go

Posted on 22 August 2013 by cromercrox

I’m getting involved with a bold and brilliant new project in the fine city of Norwich. It’s a sixth-form college specializing in science and maths, launched under the government’s Free Schools program. After vaulting a number of planning hurdles, the … Continue reading →

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Mammaloid

Posted on 8 August 2013 by cromercrox

We editors at Your Favourite Weekly Professional Science Magazine Beginning With N are masters of misrule. We revel in discord. We thrive on disagreement. Nothing pleases us more than witnessing the more cerebral branches of human misery. Nothing pushes our … Continue reading →

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T*ts

Posted on 11 April 2013 by cromercrox

There’s nothing like a picture of a comely young woman in her underwear to perk up one’s sagging spirits of an evening, but when I was alerted to the following story on the FB page of my friend Ms L. … Continue reading →

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