Daily Archives: 24 October 2011

In praise of bike room buddies and other secret societies

Posted on 24 October 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

“I just found out who you are!” announced my buddy-whose-name-I-don’t-know. “There’s a photo of you on the alumni wall of my lab! You have different hair and a different name, but it’s definitely you!”

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The Maison Des Girrafes Caption Competition #401

Posted on 24 October 2011 by Henry Gee

Greetings from a litl ‘lotl.

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Cell phone

Posted on 24 October 2011 by rpg

Cell phone

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Europe

Posted on 24 October 2011 by Henry Gee

I love Europe. A rash of recent trips in the cause of Your Favourite Etcetera has taken me, in recent months, to Amsterdam, Leipzig, Dresden and Switzerland, and I’ll be doing much the same in Helsinki before the year is … Continue reading →

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The Royal Society and Diversity

Posted on 24 October 2011 by Athene Donald

It is very easy to pillory long-established organisations for being insufficiently diverse. As a member of Cambridge University and a Fellow of the Royal Society, I see it all the time. It is assumed these venerable institutions are ‘bad’. It … Continue reading →

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