Monthly Archives: June 2007

I have often thought about what it might have been like to have lived through pivotal years when scientific thinking or practice was undergoing a period of intense change. To have been a scientist in 1859 when Darwin’s Origin of … Continue reading →

On Friday, I began my first experiment in over four years. Now, my normal inclination when planning an experiment is to squeeze in as many samples as humanly possible. And this, to be layered on top of a week’s worth … Continue reading →

This past Friday, my interrupted career as a scientist resumed. My first day in the lab came equipped with its own intrinsic shock absorber, coinciding as it did with the entire lab moving into a new institute – all of … Continue reading →