Monthly Archives: February 2011

Soylent’s is Golden

Posted on 25 February 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Like many of my friends, I’ve recently become a big fan of Groupon and all the other group buying sites. See a deal -> press a button on my phone -> take the phone to a restaurant -> half-price dinner … Continue reading →

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I’d rather be blasting homeopathy…

Posted on 24 February 2011 by Steve Caplan

Although Austin has been doing such a great job in this area, and Cath’s defrocking of “horror-scopes” made a nice contribution, I would like to get my own claws on this matter. But alas, sadly, I have my own agenda … Continue reading →

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Somedays my brain just don’t work

Posted on 24 February 2011 by Sylvia McLain

My amusing friends might say “most days” or “did it ever” Sometimes its easy to forget that thinking is actually hard work, thinking is hard, hard thinking is hard and it can be exhausting. As scientists, we are ideally trained … Continue reading →

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Update

Posted on 23 February 2011 by rpg

WordPress updated to 3.1 today. This resulted in some down-time for the front page of the network, although all the individual blogs seemed unaffected. The front page, and the main wp-admin pages, were blank. I’ve found the offending plug-in that … Continue reading →

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Remembering the Women

Posted on 23 February 2011 by Athene Donald

This week Yasmin Alibahi-Brown wrote a piece in the Independent entitled ‘This is still a man’s world’ She said At every level, still, even in the West, women are invisible, neglected, kept down, slighted, patronised, objectified, denied and demeaned in … Continue reading →

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Fountainous Fables

Posted on 23 February 2011 by Henry Gee

My vitals fair explode with pleasure at being able to announce the Second Coming this forthcoming SF anthology: Fables from the Fountain, edited by by SF author, superfan and publishing supremo Ian Whates, is an hommage to Arthur C. Clarke’s … Continue reading →

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I fought the law

Posted on 23 February 2011 by rpg

Here’s number three in the penguin series. When a rival company’s toy wanders into Penguin territory, things don’t turn out so well. I fought the law

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Normal service will be resumed in March

Posted on 23 February 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

CIHR grant deadline time is such fun! Especially when half the PIs on the two grants you’re working on are out of the country, in timezones that severely hamper communication, and half of the rest are freaking out because their … Continue reading →

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Not Following Directions in London: King’s Cross to Calthorpe Street

Posted on 23 February 2011 by KristiV

The surprise arrival of a package, containing a Red Nose Day T-shirt from my friend Dr. P.M. of Cambridge, reminded me that I have yet to write up the impressions from our medical history perambulations from February 2009. The idea … Continue reading →

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On writing papers

Posted on 22 February 2011 by rpg

One languid Sydney lunchtime I copied a particularly egregious paragraph from one of my co-authors and emailed it to my boss, with simply a ‘!’ for comment. A few minutes later his reply snuck sheepishly into my inbox, with the … Continue reading →

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