Monthly Archives: March 2011

Not Conforming: The Home and Garden Edition

Posted on 4 March 2011 by KristiV

Ever have one of those days in which you feel that you don’t fit in with your current local culture? I have those days a lot lately, and I need to download a small rant. Feel free to join in, … Continue reading →

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Here is a Man Who Stood Up

Posted on 4 March 2011 by Stephen

In many ways Travis Bickle, the disturbed taxi driver in Scorsese’s famous film, is a model of public engagement. For one thing, he really thinks about his audience. He rehearses in front of a mirror so that he will be … Continue reading →

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A cross-plug – but in a good cause

Posted on 3 March 2011 by Austin

The latest issue of Physiology News, which I edit, is now up online. I wouldn’t usually plug it so blatantly – I would simply plug it marginally more sneakily, of course – but this issue contains two articles that may … Continue reading →

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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice Area 51

Posted on 3 March 2011 by Henry Gee

There is no intelligent life in Cromer. I am only visiting.

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Project management: go with the flow

Posted on 3 March 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Both grants have been submitted, my desk and email inbox have been tidied, and sanity has been (partially) restored. That was one crazy round of CIHR grant applications, even more so than usual, but – as always – we pulled … Continue reading →

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Creationism

Posted on 2 March 2011 by Henry Gee

A nice little old lady of Mrs Crox’s acquaintance came up to Mrs Crox in the street and gave her a pamphlet which she thought might be interesting, as it mentioned me. I sighed – it was Christian literature in … Continue reading →

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Civitoma

Posted on 1 March 2011 by Henry Gee

Now, look, if what follows gets a bit sweary, you only have yourselves to blame. Mrs Crox, who is a journalist who’s been working remotely for ages, is just about to lose her job – and is unlikely to find … Continue reading →

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In which I do my bit

Posted on 1 March 2011 by Jennifer Rohn

For me, one of the highlights of Science Online 2011 was meeting @HistoryGeek – Holly Tucker, an Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University who teaches French and the history of medicine, and whose upcoming book Blood Work, a tale of murder … Continue reading →

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On the hairy nature of light

Posted on 1 March 2011 by rpg

One of the least strange physical phenomena is that light behaves like a wave. Some of the time, at least. (The Younger Pawn asked if she could surf on light, if it was a wave. I said only if she … Continue reading →

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