Monthly Archives: May 2010

If science is a narrative, then sometimes you have to read between the lines. Consider, as case in point, the humble Acknowledgements Section of your average peer-reviewed journal article. I have always been fascinated by this little afterthought of a … Continue reading →

There’s a new kid on the block – in fact, it’s housed in our laboratory, despite being a communal piece of apparatus. Rumors of its arrival buzzed in the institute’s corridors for weeks, and when the inevitable training sessions were … Continue reading →

They’re pale and creamy, scattered across the agar like diseased lesions. Something about the three-dimensionality of the colonies – vaguely dome-shaped instead of flat – rings some sort of primordial alarm bell deep in my hindbrain. Although I know it’s … Continue reading →