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Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without Carbon
I may not know much about Chemistry but I know what I like. And I like carbon. In fact, I’ve decided that it’s my favourite element. I’ll tell you why in the short video below, which is part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Protein Crystallography
Tagged Carbon, Royal Institution, science communication
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From the pedestal – take 3
Earlier this week I had an interesting email from Jesse Shore, President of Australian Science Communicators, about a blog post I wrote back in 2010. Jesse has kindly agreed to let me post our brief correspondence so I’ll let him … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Science, Scientific Life
Tagged peer review, science communication
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The past, The future and The Guardian
This week I got to visit a part of London that is for me a hallowed place – the offices of The Guardian newspaper. I was participating in a workshop for the people who had been short-listed for the Wellcome … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Science & Media
Tagged Guardian, Journalism, Publishing, science communication
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Coming Soon
Today sees the release of the new trailer of my latest and most ambitious film project. In doing so I am following the sound advice of Richard Hamming and forcing my own hand. With the trailer now on public view, I will … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Fun, Scientific Life
Tagged science communication, scientific life, Video
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Transport of Delight
I spent most of last weekend and all of yesterday finalising a chapter I had been asked to contribute to an upcoming monograph on human serum albumin. Monograph is a fancy word for book in academia. And academia is a … Continue reading
Posted in Protein Crystallography, Science
Tagged albumin, Protein Crystallography, science communication
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Burying Pigs and Information
Ben Goldacre wrote a short blogpost today to bemoan the habit of many media outlets of not linking to the primary sources for their reports and headlines. He was referring to stories that have appeared today about Asian gangs abusing white … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Science & Media, Science & Politics
Tagged animal welfare, foot-and-mouth disease, science communication
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