Daily Archives: 14 July 2011

When the NIH and UK Research Councils sneeze…

Posted on 14 July 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

…does the CIHR catch a cold? From an email I received last week, titled “CIHR Funding News: Issue 104 – Results of the March 2011 Operating Grants Competition”: Looking ahead, it seems clear that we will continue to be challenged … Continue reading →

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Not much more than a decade until the bus pass*

Posted on 14 July 2011 by Austin

*assuming bus passes haven’t been abolished by then (see also a defence of bus passes here). ——————————————————————-   In which, in a post-academic-year reverie, I decide not to look forward, and try some lo

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One Of Our Sea Serpents Is Missing

Posted on 14 July 2011 by Henry Gee

I had a monster plesiosaur whale of a time last night chairing a meeting at the Zoological Society of London on cryptozoology, and thought I ought to scribble a few words about the proceedings before I am submerged by other … Continue reading →

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