Monthly Archives: October 2011

Bad review, good review, peer review, Parliamentary review [2]

Posted on 5 October 2011 by Sylvia McLain

Are neutrinos faster than light? This is a big question at the moment since they have been ‘observed to be’ by a group of researchers recently. I myself am sceptical, Jon Butterworth wrote an excellent blogpost about this which points … Continue reading →

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Balmy Beginnings, But What Comes Next?

Posted on 4 October 2011 by Athene Donald

Cambridge – like much of the country – was bathed in sunshine, hot sunshine this weekend. It was that weekend when our roads are cluttered up by cars full of suitcases, assorted bulging bags and guitar cases, and with bikes … Continue reading →

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A tour of Kings Cross / St Pancras

Posted on 4 October 2011 by Frank Norman

One of the sessions at Science Online London this year was about “offline communities in online networking“.  There are all kinds of groups around that either started as online groups or that use online tools to organise themselves and gain … Continue reading →

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Meet me on a Monday [2]

Posted on 3 October 2011 by Stephen

This is shameless, shameless self-promotion but I was interviewed back in May by Carl Carruthers for his Meet a Scientist Monday podcast, which has gone live today. The interview was long enough ago for me — being of advanced years … Continue reading →

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Our notice has escaped!

Posted on 3 October 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

  At least, I assume there used to be something worth translating in this box… given that I found it near the elevators on the top floor of a hospital, hopefully it wasn’t anything about dodgy elevators or level 4 … Continue reading →

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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #30

Posted on 2 October 2011 by Henry Gee

Observed, confundingly, outside Cromer Hospital, earlier today

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Tubes

Posted on 2 October 2011 by Henry Gee

You’ll both be familiar now with the build that’s been going on at the Maison des Girrafes for some time now. We’ve now entered that long asymptote known as ‘finishing touches’. Oh yes, the kitchen still hasn’t got a proper … Continue reading →

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Saving Facebook

Posted on 2 October 2011 by Henry Gee

This is by way of a public service announcement for those who are ‘friends’ of mine on Facebook, or think they are but aren’t, or who would like to be, or for people who think they are ‘friends’ of mine … Continue reading →

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