Daily Archives: 30 June 2011

Geeky Grossness Gauntlet

Long-time readers may remember my friend Kyrsten’s famous guest post about Bob the bot fly. Bob in March 2008. Commenters’ reactions on the original post ranged from mild (“kinda icky”) to ambivalent (“horrible.

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Numb or Numbered? Part 2.

Back in April — it seems so long ago now — I wrote about the problems created in university life science courses by the relatively low uptake of maths by the student intake. It provoked a very long and thoughtful … Continue reading

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