Monthly Archives: July 2008

The scientific method, it seems, isn’t just a professional ethos. It’s a way of life. I thought about this today as I was fly fishing up a tricky stretch of Chalk Creek, an icy, milky-green stream that cascades downward through … Continue reading →

Sometimes even the most innocuous events can have serious consequences. In a recent post, Henry related a lab nightmare of Hieronymus Boschian proportions which, on waking, made him thank Dawkins that he was no longer a practicing scientist. This, in … Continue reading →

When I think back to what influenced me most to become a scientist, I have never been able to pinpoint a precise moment. Like many children, I captured moths and fireflies in jam jars, played around with chemistry sets, polished … Continue reading →

At the end of this week I am taking the Life in the UK citizenship test as part of my bid to secure indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom. So I spent much of this weekend cramming from … Continue reading →

I was chatting with Richard the other day about his pet protein ZRANB2. Something about the name rang a bell, and sure enough I found that one of its orthologues was present in my own cell morphology screen. I was … Continue reading →