Monthly Archives: March 2011

Is this the killer application for researchers?

Posted on 9 March 2011 by Frank Norman

Colwiz stands for ‘collective wisdom’ (terrible name!). It advertises itself as ‘research management, collaboration and productivity in one place for free’ and has just been launched by a group of scientists at Oxford University. They say it will help you … Continue reading →

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In which I assert my right of interpretation

Posted on 9 March 2011 by Jennifer Rohn

In doing research for my previous World View piece for Nature about the lack of female science pundits, I came across the notion that women might be discouraged from expressing their views in public in part because they didn’t want … Continue reading →

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International Women’s Day: 100 years

Posted on 9 March 2011 by Steve Caplan

Seeing as it’s now exactly almost 100 years since the first celebration of International Women’s Day, I thought it might be important to have some perspective on the equality of women in Israel, a country where I spent many important … Continue reading →

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Football

Posted on 8 March 2011 by Henry Gee

As both my readers will know, I am a keen supporter of Norwich City FC, known to its fans as the Canaries, on account of their bright yellow strip. I can haz season ticket and on any Saturday afternoon when … Continue reading →

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Hockey pool, week 22

Posted on 7 March 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Well, it was a week where the rich got richer and the poor got poorer… Lavaland’s 30 points saw her hold on to top spot, but it was The Week Of The Ricardipus, as he picked up an impressive 36 … Continue reading →

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On human kindness, sickness and the NHS

Posted on 6 March 2011 by Sylvia McLain

It’s easy to feel cynical about the world, especially at the moment; but this week I am amazed at the acts of human kindness in this world. One of my in-laws suffered a stroke or rather a sub-arachnoidal hemorrhage late … Continue reading →

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Bone

Posted on 6 March 2011 by Henry Gee

I’ve been meaning to highlight Zygoma, a great blog by my friend Mr P. V. of Lewisham. Among other things, he offers, every Friday, a mystery object the identity of which his readers can solve over the weekend. The object … Continue reading →

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Do we want to ‘feminise’ science teaching?

Posted on 6 March 2011 by Athene Donald

This week two rather different (scholarly) articles about women/girls and science were brought to my notice. One, a study of 14 year old schoolchildren began ‘Girls are more interested in studying science if topics are presented in a female friendly … Continue reading →

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Postdocs treadmilling in science careers

Posted on 5 March 2011 by Steve Caplan

I recently read Jenny’s outstanding and insightful commentary entitled “Give postdocs a career, not empty promises” published on March 2 (in your nth favorite weekly science journal beginning with the letter N). First, I want to voice my absolute support, … Continue reading →

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Random sampling and ambush mentoring

Posted on 5 March 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The teacher I had when I was seven or eight had a great approach to teaching us our multiplication tables. Sure, we did some rote learning and some whole-class recitals of the tables, but her favourite method was to surprise … Continue reading →

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