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Sympathy or schadenfreude? – the ENCODE consortium gets the hatchet job.
A paper was published earlier this week making an extraordinary attack on the integrity of the work of the ENCODE consortium, an international group studying the human genome. Scientists don’t normally go in for this type of public blood letting, … Continue reading
Posted in Guest posts, Uncategorized
Tagged Dan Graur, DNA, ENCODE, Hatchet Job of the Year, human genome, Rachel Cusk
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The “bute” in horsemeat
The horsemeat scandal in Europe continues to surprise and shock. Henry Gee has written about the controversy for this site and for Occam’s Corner but I wanted to comment on one of the safety issues. It seems that a drug, … Continue reading
Posted in Guest posts, Uncategorized
Tagged butazolidine, bute, bute in horsemeat, horsemeat, human consumption of horsemeat, phenylbutazone
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Mind your language
I enjoy going to art galleries. I enjoy looking at art and I can recall vividly the thrill of seeing the “Impressionists” in Paris for the first time. For me, visiting a gallery is still something of an occasion and … Continue reading
Posted in Guest posts, Science Policy, Uncategorized
Tagged contemporary art, language, science policy, understanding of science
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Response to RFI on Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting From Federally Funded Research
What a mouthful! Well, happy new year to everyone. I thought I’d make it a matter of public record that I support the continuation of public access to peer-reviewed scientific productions where it already exists, and the implementation of better … Continue reading
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Comfort Zone
Sometimes, it’s helpful to step out of your comfort zone – professionally, and personally. Continue reading
Essential Reading, August 2011.
A letter to Canadians from the Honourable Jack Layton. Essential reading. Continue reading
Science Policy and the Canadian Election – or maybe not.
So we’re down to it – only one day left until the Canadian Federal Election, although many who are more organized than I am have already voted in the advance polls. As usual, our beloved national broadcaster has aggregated a … Continue reading
Posted in Funding, Guest posts, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Canada, election, funding, policy vacuum, politics, science
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The Age of Fulfilment
In which the author exhibits his cheap and lazy nature by faffling around a bit, eventually buying Jenny Rohn’s latest novel “The Honest Look” via several geographically separated countries. Continue reading
Letting go of mysteries
Thanks to Cath, for inviting me to play! I’ve followed a circuitous path through science–college major in biology, grad school, postdoc. . . and then a stint as a stay-at-home mother, followed by a year as a scientific writer/editor at … Continue reading
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Informal Science
While I feel compelled to address various “weighty” issues in science, after a long year (well really, they’re all the same except for leap-years, but it feels like it)—I think I will opt for the lighter side at this time. … Continue reading
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